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carbenoids

carbenoids is the plural of carbenoid.

Meaning of carbenoid

Noun

carbenoid (plural carbenoids)

  1. any molecular entity having the characteristics of a carbene or acting as a source of carbenes
    • The combination of an electron-withdrawing (EWG) and an electrondonating substituent (EDG) on the carbenoid appears to be the crucial requirement for high diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity when the rhodium(II) prolinate system is used.Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich (referring to a carbon atom with a diazo group, which departs as nitrogen leaving a carbene that reacts with another reagent)

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Questions about carbenoids

What is carbenoids the plural of?
Carbenoids is the plural of carbenoid.

Words near carbenoids in the dictionary

  1. carbenium
  2. carbenium ion
  3. carbenium ions
  4. carbeniums
  5. carbenoid
  6. carbenoids
  7. carbenoxalone
  8. carbenoxelone
  9. carbenoxolone
  10. carbenzide
  11. Carberry

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