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heptadecyne

heptadecyne noun: any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of seventeen carbon atoms and containing one triple bond.

Noun

heptadecyne (uncountable)

  1. Any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of seventeen carbon atoms and containing one triple bond.

Origin of heptadecyne

From heptadec- + -yne.

Questions about heptadecyne

What does heptadecyne mean?
Heptadecyne means any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of seventeen carbon atoms and containing one triple bond.
What part of speech is heptadecyne?
Heptadecyne is a noun.

Words near heptadecyne in the dictionary

  1. heptadecenoic acids
  2. heptadecenoyl
  3. heptadecyl
  4. heptadecylic
  5. heptadecyls
  6. heptadecyne
  7. heptadentate
  8. heptadepsipeptide
  9. heptadepsipeptides
  10. heptades
  11. heptadeuterated

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