Bisubstitution

/ˌbaɪˌsʌbstɪˈtuʃən/ noun

The chemical process or result of attaching two different groups or atoms to a main molecular structure.

From bi- + substitution (from Latin substituere). This is technical chemical nomenclature codified during the development of modern organic chemistry in the 1800s.

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