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corannulene

corannulene noun: any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.

corannulene: any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of...
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Noun

corannulene (plural corannulenes)

  1. Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.
  2. The parent compound of this group

Forms of corannulene

pluralcorannulenes

Questions about corannulene

What does corannulene mean?
Corannulene means any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.
What part of speech is corannulene?
Corannulene is a noun.
What is the plural of corannulene?
The plural of corannulene is corannulenes.

Words near corannulene in the dictionary

  1. Corangula
  2. Coraniaid
  3. Coranic
  4. corank
  5. coranks
  6. corannulene
  7. corannulenes
  8. corans
  9. corant
  10. Corantijn
  11. coranto

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