Aliphatic vs. Amphipathic — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or designating a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.

(chemistry) Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups.

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

(biochemistry) Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the alpha helix has hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite face has hydrophobic (or lipophilic) amino acids.

A compound of this type.

A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; - applied to compounds having an open-chain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series. Compare alicyclic and aromatic.

Having carbon atoms linked in open chains