{"term":{"id":"08158","title":"condensed formula","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - condensed formula","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.08158","code":"08158","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Linear representation of the structure of a molecular entity in which bonds are omitted.","notes":{"1":"This term is sometimes also called a line formula, because it can be written on a single line, but the line formula explicitly shows all bonds."},"exams":{"1":"Methyl 3-methylbutyl ether (isoamyl methyl ether, \\(\\ce{(CH3)2CHCH2CH2OCH3}\\), sometimes condensed further to \\(\\ce{(CH3)2CH[CH2]2OCH3}\\)."},"sources":["PAC, 2022, 94, 353. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 389 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2018-1010)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08158\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08158\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08158\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'condensed formula' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.08158","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-05-08T10:39:07+00:00"}}