Hydro prefix

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Hydro prefix is a term from chemical nomenclature . It is a term that is written in front of a stem name in chemical nomenclature to identify two ( dihydro ) or four ( tetrahydro ) hydrogen atoms that are additionally present . The Hydropräfix octahydro such features. B. a molecule with the skeleton of the parent compound in which eight additional hydrogen atoms are inserted.

Hydro prefix Trunk connection Formula and name including
hydro prefix
(= modified name)
dihydro
Pyridine
1,4-dihydropyridine
dihydro
Anthracene
9,10-dihydroanthracene

Individual evidence

  1. Philipp Fresenius, Klaus Görlitzer: Organic-chemical nomenclature , Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart, 1991, ISBN 3-8047-1167-7 , p. 134.