Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:27369
Name
zwitterion
Ontology
Synonyms
zwitterion, zwitterions, compose zwitterionique, compuestos zwitterionicos, zwitteriones, zwitterionic compounds
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A neutral compound having formal unit electrical charges of opposite sign on non-adjacent atoms. Sometimes referred to as inner salts, dipolar ions (a misnomer). [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of zwitterion (CHEBI:27369)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
zwitterion [is_a relation] is_a  dipolar compound (CHEBI:51151)
Children of zwitterion (CHEBI:27369)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
peptide zwitterion (CHEBI:60466) [is_a relation] is_a  zwitterion
amino acid zwitterion (CHEBI:35238) [is_a relation] is_a  zwitterion
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