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C07C

ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

C07C covers the synthesis, preparation, and chemical composition of acyclic (open-chain) and carbocyclic organic compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen, or carbon, hydrogen, and non-metallic elements in their basic structure. This broad subclass encompasses hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, and related derivatives of aliphatic and cyclic carbon skeletons. The classification explicitly excludes heterocyclic compounds (which contain atoms other than carbon in the ring structure), which are covered separately in C07D, and naturally occurring or isolated compounds typically classified elsewhere by their specific function or source.

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Glossary

Acyclic the absence of a ring structure. Carbocyclic the presence of a ring or ring system where all ring members are carbons. Bridged the presence of two rings that share at least three ring members. Condensed the presence of two rings that share at least one ring member, e.g., spiro and bridged are considered as condensed. Condensed ring system condensed ring systems a ring system in which all rings are condensed among themselves; the "number of rings" in a condensed ring system equals the number of scissions necessary to convert the ring system into one acyclic chain. A scission is the breaking of a bond connection between two atoms irrespective of whether the bond is single or multiple. Organic compound Organic compounds compound satisfying one of the following criteria: at least two carbon atoms bonded to each other; or one carbon atom bonded to at least one hydrogen atom or halogen atom; or one carbon atom bonded to at least one nitrogen atom by a single or double bond. Exceptions to the above criteria are: compounds consisting of only carbon atoms (e.g., fullerenes, etc.), cyanogen, cyanogen halides, cyanamide, metal carbides, phosgene, thiophosgene, hydrocyanic acid, isocyanic acid, isothiocyanic acid, fulminic acid, unsubstituted carbamic acid, and salts of the previously mentioned acids; these exceptions are considered to be inorganic compounds for classification purposes. Preparation Preparations covers synthesis, purification, separation, stabilisation or use of additives, unless a separate place is provided in the classification scheme. Quinones quinone compounds derived from compounds containing a six-membered aromatic ring or a system comprising six-membered aromatic rings (which system may be condensed or not condensed) by replacing two or four >CH groups of the six-membered aromatic rings by >C=O groups, and by removing one or two carbon-to-carbon double bonds, respectively, and rearranging the remaining carbon-to-carbon double bonds to give a ring or ring system with alternating double bonds, including the carbon-to-oxygen bonds; this means that acenaphthenequinone or camphorquinone are not considered as quinones.

Limiting references

Carbamic acid Fullerenes Phosgenes Carbides Cyanogen compounds such as hydrogen cyanide, cyanic and thiocyanic acid, isocyanic and isothiocyanic acid, cyanogen, cyanamide, and cyanogen halide Organic macromolecular compounds such as polysaccharides, rubbers, epoxy resins, styrene polymers, acrylamide polymers and the like; their preparation or chemical working-up; compositions thereof Preparation of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures of undefined composition Preparation of synthetic natural gas Preparation of soap Preparation of acyclic or carbocyclicorganic compounds using enzymes or fermentation processes Electrolytic or electrophoretic production of compounds or non-metals , , Processes for producing compounds in which electricity is simultaneously generated

Of 123 combined children, 113 exist in both systems.

10 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 10 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

38 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • C07C 221/00 Preparation of compounds containing amino groups and doubly-bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C07,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 12,697
  2. ROCHE CH 11,347
  3. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 11,024
  4. NOVARTIS CH 9,356
  5. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 8,531
  6. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY US 7,320
  7. LG CHEM KR 7,245
  8. REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 6,816
  9. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 6,190
  10. GENENTECH US 5,922

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C07,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ROCHE CH 12,683
  2. NOVARTIS CH 10,775
  3. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 10,619
  4. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 9,511
  5. REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 8,426
  6. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY US 7,979
  7. LG CHEM KR 7,978
  8. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 7,706
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 7,455
  10. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 7,219