ortho- and peri-fused (polycyclic compounds)

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.O04333
Polycyclic compounds in which one ring contains two, and only two, atoms in common with each of two or more rings of a contiguous series of rings. Such compounds have n common faces and less than 2n common atoms. Examples:
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Source:
Blue Book, p. 22 [Terms] [Book]
Citation: 'ortho- and peri-fused (polycyclic compounds)' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.O04333 RIS BibTex EndNote
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