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borinene

borinene noun: an alkene that includes a benzene ring with one of the carbon atoms replaced by a boron atom.

Noun

borinene (countable and uncountable, plural borinenes)

  1. An alkene that includes a benzene ring with one of the carbon atoms replaced by a boron atom.
    • With di-tert-butylacetylene the actual borinene is isolated in conjunction with the corresponding 1,3-diboretene.2007, E. W. Abel, F. G. A. Stone, Organometallic Chemistry, volume 14, page 29
    • Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.2012, Donald S. Matteson, Stereodirected Synthesis with Organoboranes, page 96

Forms of borinene

pluralborinenes

Questions about borinene

What does borinene mean?
Borinene means an alkene that includes a benzene ring with one of the carbon atoms replaced by a boron atom.
What part of speech is borinene?
Borinene is a noun.
What is the plural of borinene?
The plural of borinene is borinenes.

Words near borinene in the dictionary

  1. borinane
  2. borinanes
  3. borinate
  4. borinates
  5. borine
  6. borinene
  7. borinenes
  8. borines
  9. boring
  10. boring as beans
  11. Boring Billion

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