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heteroallene

heteroallene noun: any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene).

Noun

heteroallene (plural heteroallenes)

  1. Any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene).

Forms of heteroallene

pluralheteroallenes

Origin of heteroallene

From hetero- + allene.

Questions about heteroallene

What does heteroallene mean?
Heteroallene means any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene).
What part of speech is heteroallene?
Heteroallene is a noun.
What is the plural of heteroallene?
The plural of heteroallene is heteroallenes.

Words near heteroallene in the dictionary

  1. heteroalkyl
  2. heteroallele
  3. heteroalleles
  4. heteroallelic
  5. heteroallelism
  6. heteroallene
  7. heteroallenes
  8. heteroamnesis
  9. heteroamnestic
  10. heteroamorous
  11. heteroanalogue

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