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epiethane

epiethane noun: ethane in a bridge position in a molecule.

Noun

epiethane (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Ethane in a bridge position in a molecule.

Origin of epiethane

From epi- + ethane. Described in paragraph P-25.4.2.2.2 of the IUPAC Blue Book Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013.

Questions about epiethane

What does epiethane mean?
Epiethane means ethane in a bridge position in a molecule.
What part of speech is epiethane?
Epiethane is a noun.

Words near epiethane in the dictionary

  1. epidurography
  2. epiduroscopy
  3. epidydimal
  4. epieikeia
  5. epiestriol
  6. epiethane
  7. epietiocholanolone
  8. epieugeosynclinal
  9. epieugeosyncline
  10. epieugeosynclines
  11. epifacial

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