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dibromocarbene

dibromocarbene noun: any dibromo derivative of a carbene.

Noun

dibromocarbene (plural dibromocarbenes)

  1. Any dibromo derivative of a carbene
    • Vinyl bromide did not react under the above conditions, the dibromocarbene being consumed in alternative reactions.1956, Philip S. Skell, Albert V. Garner, “Reactions of Bivalent Carbon Compounds. Reactivities in Olefin-Dibromocarbene Reactions.”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 78, number 20...
    • Secondary reaction of lithium atoms with the tribromomethyl radical yields a sufficient concentration of dibromocarbene for infrared spectral study.1968, Lester Andrews, T. Granville Carver, “Reactions of Alkali‐Metal Atoms with Carbon Tetrabromide. Infrared Spectra and Bonding in the Tribromomethyl Radical and Dibromocarbene in Solid Argon”, in...

Forms of dibromocarbene

pluraldibromocarbenes

Questions about dibromocarbene

What does dibromocarbene mean?
Dibromocarbene means any dibromo derivative of a carbene.
What part of speech is dibromocarbene?
Dibromocarbene is a noun.
What is the plural of dibromocarbene?
The plural of dibromocarbene is dibromocarbenes.

Words near dibromocarbene in the dictionary

  1. dibromo
  2. dibromobenzene
  3. dibromobenzenes
  4. dibromobutane
  5. dibromobutanes
  6. dibromocarbene
  7. dibromocarbenes
  8. dibromochloromethane
  9. dibromochloromethanes
  10. dibromochloropropane
  11. dibromocholestane

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