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heliettin

heliettin noun: a furocoumarin with IUPAC name (±)-3-(1,1-dimethylallyl)-6,7-dihydro-7-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-2H-furo-[2,3-g]-1-benzopyran-2-one.

Noun

heliettin (uncountable)

  1. A furocoumarin with IUPAC name (±)-3-(1,1-dimethylallyl)-6,7-dihydro-7-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-2H-furo-[2,3-g]-1-benzopyran-2-one.
    Synonyms:
    chalepin

Synonyms of heliettin

Origin of heliettin

From translingual Helietta + -in, named by H. Pozzi et al in 1967.https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-4020(67)85062-2

Questions about heliettin

What does heliettin mean?
Heliettin means a furocoumarin with IUPAC name (±)-3-(1,1-dimethylallyl)-6,7-dihydro-7-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-2H-furo-[2,3-g]-1-benzopyran-2-one.
What part of speech is heliettin?
Heliettin is a noun.

Words near heliettin in the dictionary

  1. helidecks
  2. helides
  3. helidrome
  4. helidromes
  5. Helies
  6. heliettin
  7. Heligoland
  8. Heligoland trap
  9. Heligoland traps
  10. Heligolander
  11. Heligolanders

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