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kekulene

kekulene noun: a circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a side.

kekulene: a circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a...
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Noun

kekulene (countable and uncountable, plural kekulenes)

  1. A circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a side.
    Synonyms:
    circulene, 12-circulene, [12]circulene

Synonyms of kekulene

Forms of kekulene

pluralkekulenes

Origin of kekulene

From Kekule + -ene. Named after August Kekulé, the discoverer of the structure of benzene.

Questions about kekulene

What does kekulene mean?
Kekulene means a circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a side.
What part of speech is kekulene?
Kekulene is a noun.
What is the plural of kekulene?
The plural of kekulene is kekulenes.

Words near kekulene in the dictionary

  1. Kekropia
  2. keks
  3. Kekule
  4. Kekule formula
  5. Kekulean
  6. kekulene
  7. kekulenes
  8. kekuli
  9. Kekulé
  10. Kekulé formula
  11. Kekulé formulae

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