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dioxolane

dioxolane noun: any heterocycle having a five-membered ring with three carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms.

Noun

dioxolane (plural dioxolanes)

  1. Any heterocycle having a five-membered ring with three carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms

Forms of dioxolane

pluraldioxolanes

Origin of dioxolane

From di- + oxolane.

Words formed from dioxolane

Questions about dioxolane

What does dioxolane mean?
Dioxolane means any heterocycle having a five-membered ring with three carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms.
What part of speech is dioxolane?
Dioxolane is a noun.
What is the plural of dioxolane?
The plural of dioxolane is dioxolanes.

Words near dioxolane in the dictionary

  1. dioxiranes
  2. dioxo
  3. dioxocane
  4. dioxocanes
  5. dioxolan
  6. dioxolane
  7. dioxolanes
  8. dioxolanone
  9. dioxolanones
  10. dioxolans
  11. dioxole

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