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chromanol

chromanol noun: any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substituted quinones; examples with isoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous naturally occurring compounds, such as tocopherol.

Noun

chromanol (plural chromanols)

  1. any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substituted quinones; examples with isoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous naturally occurring compounds, such as tocopherol

Forms of chromanol

pluralchromanols

Questions about chromanol

What does chromanol mean?
Chromanol means any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substituted quinones; examples with isoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous naturally occurring compounds, such as tocopherol.
What part of speech is chromanol?
Chromanol is a noun.
What is the plural of chromanol?
The plural of chromanol is chromanols.

Words near chromanol in the dictionary

  1. chromammine
  2. chromammines
  3. chroman
  4. chromane
  5. chromanes
  6. chromanol
  7. chromanols
  8. chromanone
  9. chromanones
  10. chromans
  11. chromas

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