synthon

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of synthesis +‎ -on

Noun[edit]

synthon (plural synthons)

  1. (chemistry) In retrosynthetic analysis, a structural unit within a molecule which is related to a possible synthetic operation

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