Since when is "purine" a functional group?

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[milski]

All I can say is Google is really fast - purine as functional group

It's not really a functional group, it's a short name for the compound with some substitutes on it. The same way benzene is used in 2,3-dichloro-benzene.

Wait, they are calling it a functional group. That does feel like abuse of terminology.

 

[MedPR]

All I can say is Google is really fast - purine as functional group

It's not really a functional group, it's a short name for the compound with some substitutes on it. The same way benzene is used in 2,3-dichloro-benzene.

Wait, they are calling it a functional group. That does feel like abuse of terminology.

Yea, that's what I'm saying.