The phrase "aliphatic chain" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in chemistry to describe a type of hydrocarbon chain that consists of carbon atoms connected by single bonds, which can be either straight or branched.
Example: "The compound contains a long aliphatic chain that contributes to its hydrophobic properties."
Alternatives: "open-chain hydrocarbon" or "linear hydrocarbon chain".
The decrement of the degradation rate seems to be correlated to the length of the aliphatic chain of these hydrocarbons.
The presence of long aliphatic chain was important for the desired activities and such hydrophobic effect is specific as no beneficial effect is observed when the same aliphatic chain was attached to the other part of the molecule.
Although these synthetic routes are successful, impose wither 2 or 3 carbon aliphatic chain between the carbonate groups.
The rigid ring end-capped aliphatic chain dendrons are introduced to improve the dissolvability and film-forming ability.
The most active compounds in the set are lipophilic and possess an aliphatic chain of the proper length.
Novel polyurethanes (PUs) have been synthesized using an aliphatic diisocyanate and aliphatic chain extenders with varying chain length.
It has been shown that GRAS molecules have a high content of aliphatic chain and has a low diversity of molecular scaffolds [20].
The reaction solution was mixed vigorously overnight to produce amphiphilic polymers (with 50% of the carboxylic acid functional groups modified with an aliphatic chain).
The intramolecular ligand ligand interaction may also be possible between the aliphatic chain of the amino acid and aromatic ring of the second ligand.
Also, 1-butanol with a hydrophilic hydroxyl head has an aliphatic chain which is compatible with the long molecular chain structure of CTAB.
The above mentioned results indicate that both surfactants possess a long aliphatic chain with a positively charged polar head as expected for the hydrocarbon CTAB structure.
