Quaternary (chemistry)
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Term in organic chemistry used to describe degree of substitution of an atom in a molecule
This article is about general bonding patterns. For the arrangement of multiple molecules in a protein and nucleic acid complex, see quaternary structure.
Quaternary is a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds (e. g. amines and ammonium salts).[1]
Red highlighted central atoms in various groups of chemical compounds.
Quaternary central atoms compared with primary, secondary and tertiary central atoms.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Paula Yurkanis Bruice: Organic Chemistry, Pearson Education Inc., 2004, 4. Ed., p. 78, 104, 893, and 912, ISBN 0-13-121730-5.