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carbenes

carbenes is the plural of carbene.

Meaning of carbene

Noun

carbene (plural carbenes)

  1. Any short-lived, reactive species R₂C:, especially the parent compound CH₂: (also called methylene).

Questions about carbenes

What is carbenes the plural of?
Carbenes is the plural of carbene.

Words near carbenes in the dictionary

  1. carbendazim
  2. carbendazol
  3. carbene
  4. carbene analogue
  5. carbene analogues
  6. carbenes
  7. carbenexolone
  8. carbenic
  9. carbenicillin
  10. carbenicillinase
  11. carbenicillinases

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