Side-chain, side chain, or sidechain may refer to:
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Side chain
In organic chemistry and biochemistry, a side chain is a substituent, chemical group that is attached to a core part of the molecule called the "main chain" or backbone chain, backbone. The side chain is a hydrocarbon branching element of a mo ...
, a chemical group attached to the main chain or backbone of a molecule, such as a protein
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Substituent
In organic chemistry, a substituent is one or a group of atoms that replaces (one or more) atoms, thereby becoming a moiety in the resultant (new) molecule.
The suffix ''-yl'' is used when naming organic compounds that contain a single bond r ...
, an atom or group of atoms substituted in place of a hydrogen atom on the parent chain of a hydrocarbon
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Side-chaining, an effect in digital audio processing
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Sidechain (ledger), a designation for a particular blockchain
*"Sidechain", a song by Knuckle Puck from the album ''
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Backbone chain
In polymer science, the polymer chain or simply backbone of a polymer is the main chain of a polymer. Polymers are often classified according to the elements in the main chains. The character of the backbone, i.e. its flexibility, determines the ...
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Branching (polymer chemistry)
In polymer chemistry, branching is the regular or irregular attachment of side chains to a polymer's backbone chain. It occurs by the replacement of a substituent (e.g. a hydrogen atom) on a monomer subunit by another covalently-bonded chai ...
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Pendant group
In IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry, a pendant group (sometimes spelled pendent) or side group is a group of atoms attached to a backbone chain of a long molecule, usually a polymer. Pendant groups are different from pendant chains, as they are n ...
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