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cubyls

cubyls is the plural of cubyl.

Meaning of cubyl

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

Questions about cubyls

What is cubyls the plural of?
Cubyls is the plural of cubyl.

Words near cubyls in the dictionary

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

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