Congeners
Congeners (also known as congeners ) are chemical compounds that are related by their origin or structure. Often they have the same tribe; H. the same basic structure. The sum formulas of two compounds that are congeners can differ; they are not necessarily isomers .
More congeneric compounds can have different chemical, physical, and toxicological properties. They often appear as a mixture .
Examples:
- Chlorinated paraffins
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) [mixture of up to 209 substances]
- Polychlorinated dibenzo- p- dioxins (PCDD)
- Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDF)
- Polychlorinated Carbazoles (PCCZ)
- Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCN)
- Polybrominated dibenzo- p- dioxins (PBDD)
- Polybrominated Dibenzofurans (PBDF)
- Mixed halogenated dibenzo- p- dioxins (PHDD)
- Mixed halogenated dibenzofurans (PHDF)
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)
- Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
See also
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- Entry on congener . In: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the “Gold Book”) . doi : 10.1351 / goldbook.CT06819 .