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dehydrobenzo

dehydrobenzo noun: a divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzyne ring used as a prefix for compound names in which it is found.

Noun

dehydrobenzo (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzyne ring used as a prefix for compound names in which it is found.

Origin of dehydrobenzo

From de- + hydro + benzo.

Questions about dehydrobenzo

What does dehydrobenzo mean?
Dehydrobenzo means a divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzyne ring used as a prefix for compound names in which it is found.
What part of speech is dehydrobenzo?
Dehydrobenzo is a noun.

Words near dehydrobenzo in the dictionary

  1. dehydroascorbates
  2. dehydroascorbic
  3. dehydroaustinol
  4. dehydrobenzene
  5. dehydrobenzenes
  6. dehydrobenzo
  7. dehydrobenzperidol
  8. dehydrobromination
  9. dehydrobrominations
  10. dehydrobutyrine
  11. dehydrobutyrines

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