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diphosphole

diphosphole noun: an unsaturated five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, two phosphorus atoms and two double bonds.

Noun

diphosphole (countable and uncountable, plural diphospholes)

  1. An unsaturated five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, two phosphorus atoms and two double bonds

Forms of diphosphole

pluraldiphospholes

Origin of diphosphole

From di- + phosphole.

Questions about diphosphole

What does diphosphole mean?
Diphosphole means an unsaturated five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, two phosphorus atoms and two double bonds.
What part of speech is diphosphole?
Diphosphole is a noun.
What is the plural of diphosphole?
The plural of diphosphole is diphospholes.

Words near diphosphole in the dictionary

  1. diphosphohydrolases
  2. diphosphoinositide
  3. diphosphoinositides
  4. diphosphokinase
  5. diphosphokinases
  6. diphosphole
  7. diphospholes
  8. diphospholine
  9. diphosphomevalonate
  10. diphosphomevalonates
  11. diphosphonate

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