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The 43 pages that link to Structural formula, each with the reason it gives.

• Chemical formulaCompared with: It adds bonding information that an ordinary composition formula omits.

• Molecular formulaCompared with: Unlike a molecular formula, it conveys connectivity and can distinguish structural isomers.

• Lewis structureCompared with: It emphasizes connectivity and may omit the lone pairs shown in Lewis diagrams.

• ButaneRelated: Comparing structural formulas reveals butane’s straight and branched isomers.

• EthaneRelated: The structural formula H₃C–CH₃ makes ethane’s carbon–carbon bond explicit.

• Jöns Jacob BerzeliusCompared with: Structural formulas supplanted Berzelius’s electrochemical dualism as explanations of molecular constitution.

• PropaneRelated: Propane’s straight chain of three carbon atoms is shown by its structural formula.

• Empirical formulaCompared with: It conveys bonding arrangement, which an empirical formula does not specify.

• Molecular structureCompared with: It records connectivity, but usually does not specify one three-dimensional conformation.

• Alkyl groupRelated: Structural formulas make an alkyl group's attachment point explicit.

• Adolf von BaeyerNarrower topic: Baeyer used structural formulas to reason about the architectures of dyes and cyclic compounds.

• Skeletal formulaNarrower topic: Skeletal formulas are a compact form of structural formula.

• August KekuléRelated: Kekulé’s notation made proposed molecular connectivity visible and comparable.

• Markovnikov's ruleRelated: The rule distinguishes alkene carbons by their substitution and attached hydrogens.

• Ethyl groupRelated: The notation C₂H₅– identifies ethyl as a fragment with an open attachment point.

• Homologous seriesRelated: Structural formulas make the shared arrangement and changing chain length visible.

• Chemical compositionCompared with: It adds connectivity information that a composition formula alone does not provide.

• Isopropyl alcoholRelated: The structure CH₃CHOHCH₃ shows why isopropyl alcohol is a secondary alcohol.

• Jacobus Henricus van ’t HoffCompared with: Flat structural formulas alone cannot express the three-dimensional arrangement central to his model.

• PentaneRelated: Pentane’s structural formula distinguishes its straight carbon chain from branched C₅H₁₂ isomers.

• Ball-and-stick modelRelated: It provides a two-dimensional counterpart to the model’s spatial view.

• Glycolic acidRelated: It reveals the neighboring hydroxyl and carboxyl groups that define glycolic acid.

• Structural isomerRelated: It makes the connectivity differences between isomers visible.

• DodecaneRelated: The formula CH₃(CH₂)₁₀CH₃ makes dodecane’s unbranched connectivity explicit.

• Degree of unsaturationNarrower topic: The formula gives a constraint, while structural formulas reveal which features satisfy it.

• Glutaric acidRelated: The structure HOOC–(CH₂)₃–COOH distinguishes glutaric acid from other dicarboxylic acids.

• ButanoneRelated: Its structural formula distinguishes butanone from other compounds with the same formula.

• DecaneRelated: The formula CH₃(CH₂)₈CH₃ displays decane’s unbranched carbon chain.

• HexadecaneRelated: Its condensed formula, CH₃(CH₂)₁₄CH₃, makes the unbranched chain explicit.

• PentadecaneRelated: Its condensed formula, CH₃(CH₂)₁₃CH₃, makes the unbranched chain explicit.

• PropyneRelated: The structure CH₃–C≡CH makes propyne’s triple bond position explicit.

• TetradecaneRelated: It makes tetradecane’s unbranched carbon connectivity explicit.

• UndecaneRelated: It makes undecane’s unbranched carbon skeleton explicit.

• 2-ButyneRelated: CH₃C≡CCH₃ makes 2-butyne’s central triple bond explicit.

• Fulminic acidNarrower topic: Competing structural interpretations were needed to distinguish fulminic acid from its isomers.

• Glyoxylic acidRelated: The connectivity distinguishes glyoxylic acid’s aldehyde and carboxylic acid groups.

• PropadieneRelated: The formula H₂C=C=CH₂ displays propadiene’s defining connectivity.

• CycloheptaneRelated: Its seven-carbon ring structure distinguishes cycloheptane from other C₇H₁₄ isomers.

• DiacetyleneRelated: The structure H–C≡C–C≡C–H reveals diacetylene’s two triple bonds.

• EicosaneRelated: A structural formula distinguishes eicosane’s unbranched chain from branched C₂₀H₄₂ isomers.

• EthylenediamineRelated: Its structure, H₂N–CH₂–CH₂–NH₂, reveals two amino groups joined by an ethylene chain.

• HectoriteRelated: Hectorite’s formula shows how lithium substitution distinguishes it within the smectites.

• Open-chain compoundRelated: Structural formulas make chain connections and branches visible.