# pseudohalogen

> polyatomic analogue of halogens, whose chemistry, resembling that of the true halogens, allows it to substitute for a halogen in several classes of chemical compounds

**Wikidata**: [Q419067](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q419067)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudohalogen)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pseudohalogen


## References

1. Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013