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dinitronaphthalene

dinitronaphthalene noun: a chemical compound that has two nitro groups on naphthalene.

Noun

dinitronaphthalene (plural dinitronaphthalenes)

  1. A chemical compound that has two nitro groups on naphthalene.

Forms of dinitronaphthalene

pluraldinitronaphthalenes

Origin of dinitronaphthalene

From di- + nitro- + naphthalene.

Questions about dinitronaphthalene

What does dinitronaphthalene mean?
Dinitronaphthalene means a chemical compound that has two nitro groups on naphthalene.
What part of speech is dinitronaphthalene?
Dinitronaphthalene is a noun.
What is the plural of dinitronaphthalene?
The plural of dinitronaphthalene is dinitronaphthalenes.

Words near dinitronaphthalene in the dictionary

  1. dinitrogenase
  2. dinitrogenase reductase
  3. dinitrogenases
  4. dinitrohalobenzene
  5. dinitrohalobenzenes
  6. dinitronaphthalene
  7. dinitronaphthalenes
  8. dinitrophenol
  9. dinitrophenols
  10. dinitrophenyl
  11. dinitrophenylation

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