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Synthon vs Synthone - What's the difference?

synthon | synthone |

As nouns the difference between synthon and synthone

is that synthon is in retrosynthetic analysis, a structural unit within a molecule which is related to a possible synthetic operation while synthone is any key intermediate product that, one synthesized, may be used to synthesize a range of other compounds.

synthon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) In retrosynthetic analysis, a structural unit within a molecule which is related to a possible synthetic operation

    • See also

    *synthonic *(wikipedia "synthon")

    synthone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any key intermediate product that, one synthesized, may be used to synthesize a range of other compounds.
    • A single precursor which can use for the synthesis of variety of molecules.