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Substituent vs Dihydropyridine - What's the difference?

substituent | dihydropyridine |

As nouns the difference between substituent and dihydropyridine

is that substituent is substituent while dihydropyridine is a molecule based upon pyridine, the parent of a class of molecules that have been semi-saturated with two substituents replacing one double bond.

substituent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed
  • (grammar) pro-form

    • dihydropyridine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A molecule based upon pyridine, the parent of a class of molecules that have been semi-saturated with two substituents replacing one double bond.