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heterocumulene

heterocumulene noun: any compound formally derived from a cumulene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=C=C=O.

Noun

heterocumulene (plural heterocumulenes)

  1. Any compound formally derived from a cumulene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=C=C=O

Forms of heterocumulene

pluralheterocumulenes

Origin of heterocumulene

From hetero- + cumulene.

Questions about heterocumulene

What does heterocumulene mean?
Heterocumulene means any compound formally derived from a cumulene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=C=C=O.
What part of speech is heterocumulene?
Heterocumulene is a noun.
What is the plural of heterocumulene?
The plural of heterocumulene is heterocumulenes.

Words near heterocumulene in the dictionary

  1. heterocrosslink
  2. heterocrosslinks
  3. heterocrystalline
  4. heteroctamer
  5. heteroctamers
  6. heterocumulene
  7. heterocumulenes
  8. heterocyclase
  9. heterocyclases
  10. heterocycle
  11. heterocycles

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