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docosadiene

docosadiene noun: a diene with a 22-carbon chain and two double bonds.

Noun

docosadiene

  1. A diene with a 22-carbon chain and two double bonds.
    • We therefore synthesized bis-trimethylammonium-docasane dirbromide from docosadiene to obtain at least eight to ten straight chain segments assuming the molecule would fold in aqueous solution.1980, Wolfgang Helfrich, Gerd Heppke, Liquid Crystals of One- and Two-Dimensional Order, page 304
    • The main peak in the window is docosene eluting at 66.17min with two satellite peaks, docosane (eluting at 65.85min) and 1,21-docosadiene (eluting at 66.43min).2018, Serban C. Moldoveanu, Pyrolysis of Organic Molecules, page 69

Origin of docosadiene

By surface analysis, docosa- + di- + -ene.

Words formed from docosadiene

Questions about docosadiene

What does docosadiene mean?
Docosadiene means a diene with a 22-carbon chain and two double bonds.
What part of speech is docosadiene?
Docosadiene is a noun.

Words near docosadiene in the dictionary

  1. docoglossate
  2. doconazole
  3. docos
  4. docos-
  5. docosa-
  6. docosadiene
  7. docosadienoate
  8. docosadienoates
  9. docosadienoic
  10. docosadienoic acid
  11. docosadioate

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