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cuprenyl

cuprenyl noun: a univalent radical or cation derived from cuprene.

Noun

cuprenyl (uncountable)

  1. A univalent radical or cation derived from cuprene
    • Reionization of the ciscoid conformation of NPP and subsequent intramolecular electrophilic attack would form a bisabolyl cation, which followed by a secondary intramolecular electrophilic attack and 1,4-hydride shift, would create a cuprenyl cation.2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of cuprenyl

From cuprene + -yl.

Questions about cuprenyl

What does cuprenyl mean?
Cuprenyl means a univalent radical or cation derived from cuprene.
What part of speech is cuprenyl?
Cuprenyl is a noun.

Words near cuprenyl in the dictionary

  1. cupredoxins
  2. cupremia
  3. cupremic
  4. cuprene
  5. cuprenes
  6. cuprenyl
  7. cupreous
  8. cupressacean
  9. cupressaceans
  10. cupressaceous
  11. cupressineous

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