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Parent Hydrides

R-2.3.2 Homogeneous hydrides other than hydrocarbons or boron hydrides)

A compound having a single saturated ring of identical heteroatoms is named by adding the prefix "cyclo-" to the name of the saturated unbranched chain containing the same number of identical atoms.

Examples to R-2.3.2

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R-2.3.3 Heterogeneous hydrides other than heteropolyboron hydrides
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