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aryne

aryne noun: any hydrocarbon, normally a transient species, derived from an arene by removal of two hydrogen atoms from adjacent carbon atoms, and thus possessing a formal triple bond; the simplest is benzyne.

Noun

aryne (plural arynes)

  1. Any hydrocarbon, normally a transient species, derived from an arene by removal of two hydrogen atoms from adjacent carbon atoms, and thus possessing a formal triple bond; the simplest is benzyne

Forms of aryne

pluralarynes

Origin of aryne

From ar(omatic) + -yne.

Questions about aryne

What does aryne mean?
Aryne means any hydrocarbon, normally a transient species, derived from an arene by removal of two hydrogen atoms from adjacent carbon atoms, and thus possessing a formal triple bond; the simplest is benzyne.
What part of speech is aryne?
Aryne is a noun.
What is the plural of aryne?
The plural of aryne is arynes.

Words near aryne in the dictionary

  1. aryltriazene
  2. aryltriazenes
  3. arylurea
  4. arylzinc
  5. arylzincs
  6. aryne
  7. arynes
  8. Aryo-
  9. Arys
  10. arytaenoid
  11. arytaenoids

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