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cyclooctadiene

cyclooctadiene noun: any of several isomers of a cycloalkene having an eight-membered ring and two double bonds, but especially 1,5-cyclooctadiene that is used as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.

Noun

cyclooctadiene (plural cyclooctadienes)

  1. Any of several isomers of a cycloalkene having an eight-membered ring and two double bonds, but especially 1,5-cyclooctadiene that is used as a ligand in organometallic chemistry

Forms of cyclooctadiene

pluralcyclooctadienes

Questions about cyclooctadiene

What does cyclooctadiene mean?
Cyclooctadiene means any of several isomers of a cycloalkene having an eight-membered ring and two double bonds, but especially 1,5-cyclooctadiene that is used as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.
What part of speech is cyclooctadiene?
Cyclooctadiene is a noun.
What is the plural of cyclooctadiene?
The plural of cyclooctadiene is cyclooctadienes.

Words near cyclooctadiene in the dictionary

  1. cyclonoscopes
  2. cyclooctadecane
  3. cyclooctadecanonaene
  4. cyclooctadepsipeptide
  5. cyclooctadepsipeptides
  6. cyclooctadiene
  7. cyclooctadienes
  8. cyclooctane
  9. cyclooctannulated
  10. cyclooctannulation
  11. cyclooctanone

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