| Term Name: | dipolar compound |
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| Synonyms: | dipolar compounds |
| Definition: | An organic molecule that is electrically neutral carrying a positive and a negative charge in one of its major canonical descriptions. In most dipolar compounds the charges are delocalized; however the term is also applied to species where this is not the case. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:51151] ( EBI ) |