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carotane

carotane noun: a fully saturated derivative of β-carotene with IUPAC name 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)octadecyl]cyclohexane.

Noun

carotane (uncountable)

  1. A fully saturated derivative of β-carotene with IUPAC name 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)octadecyl]cyclohexane.

Origin of carotane

From car(r)ot + -ane.

Questions about carotane

What does carotane mean?
Carotane means a fully saturated derivative of β-carotene with IUPAC name 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)octadecyl]cyclohexane.
What part of speech is carotane?
Carotane is a noun.

Words near carotane in the dictionary

  1. carosella
  2. carosellas
  3. caross
  4. carosse
  5. carosses
  6. carotane
  7. caroteel
  8. caroteels
  9. carotenaemia
  10. carotenal
  11. carotenals

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