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cubyl

cubyl noun: a molecular arrangement in which 8 atoms are combined such that each of the 8 is bonded to three others, effectively forming a cube.

Noun

cubyl (plural cubyls)

  1. A molecular arrangement in which 8 atoms are combined such that each of the 8 is bonded to three others, effectively forming a cube.
    • For example, hyperconjugation in the cubyl cation or radical is predicted to be minor because it can only occur via high-energy cubene-like structures.^(1,2) It has also been suggested that substituents as far away as C(4) can have a major effect on the rates of solvolyses of cubyl...1990, Ernest W. Della, Gordon M. Elsey, Nicholas J. Head, John C. Walton, “Cubyl and 4-Fluorocubyl Radicals”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, number 22, →DOI, page 1589

Forms of cubyl

pluralcubyls

Origin of cubyl

From cube + -yl. Compare cubane, cubene.

Words formed from cubyl

  • fluorocubyl

Questions about cubyl

What does cubyl mean?
Cubyl means a molecular arrangement in which 8 atoms are combined such that each of the 8 is bonded to three others, effectively forming a cube.
What part of speech is cubyl?
Cubyl is a noun.
What is the plural of cubyl?
The plural of cubyl is cubyls.

Words near cubyl in the dictionary

  1. cubulate
  2. cubulated
  3. cubulation
  4. cubulations
  5. cubulin
  6. cubyl
  7. cubyls
  8. Cubzac-les-Ponts
  9. cuc
  10. cuca
  11. cuca shop

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