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hexapyridyl

hexapyridyl noun: six pyridyl radicals in a compound.

Noun

hexapyridyl (uncountable)

  1. Six pyridyl radicals in a compound
    • During our initial work on the synthesis of the cyclic porphyrin hexamer c -P6 t Bu, by palladium-catalyzed oxidative coupling of the linear porphyrin monomer l -P1 t Bu or dimer l -P2 t Bu in the presence of the hexapyridyl template T6 (Scheme 1 a), we noticed the formation of a high-mass...2014 August 25, Dmitry V Kondratuk et al., “Vernier-Templated Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Supramolecular Chemistry of a 12-Porphyrin Nanoring”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse...

Origin of hexapyridyl

From hexa- + pyridyl.

Questions about hexapyridyl

What does hexapyridyl mean?
Hexapyridyl means six pyridyl radicals in a compound.
What part of speech is hexapyridyl?
Hexapyridyl is a noun.

Words near hexapyridyl in the dictionary

  1. hexapropymate
  2. hexapterous
  3. hexaptych
  4. hexapyranose
  5. hexapyranoses
  6. hexapyridyl
  7. hexaquark
  8. hexaquarks
  9. hexaradial
  10. hexaradiate
  11. hexarch

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