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bullvalene

bullvalene noun: a tricyclic hydrocarbon whose structure is constantly changing between 1,209,600 possible tautomers.

Noun

bullvalene (plural bullvalenes)

  1. A tricyclic hydrocarbon whose structure is constantly changing between 1,209,600 possible tautomers

Forms of bullvalene

pluralbullvalenes

Origin of bullvalene

from the nickname of one the scientists who predicted its properties in 1963 and the underlying concept of valence tautomerism, William "Bull" Doering. Chosen to rhyme with fulvalene.

Questions about bullvalene

What does bullvalene mean?
Bullvalene means a tricyclic hydrocarbon whose structure is constantly changing between 1,209,600 possible tautomers.
What part of speech is bullvalene?
Bullvalene is a noun.
What is the plural of bullvalene?
The plural of bullvalene is bullvalenes.

Words near bullvalene in the dictionary

  1. Bullucks
  2. bullulate
  3. bullumteer
  4. bullumteers
  5. Bullumwaal
  6. bullvalene
  7. bullvalenes
  8. bullvalone
  9. bullvalones
  10. bullweed
  11. bullweeds

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