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oxaborole

oxaborole noun: a five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one boron atom and two double bonds; it, and its derivatives, are formally derived from an oxazole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of boron.

Noun

oxaborole (plural oxaboroles)

  1. A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one boron atom and two double bonds; it, and its derivatives, are formally derived from an oxazole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of boron

Forms of oxaborole

pluraloxaboroles

Origin of oxaborole

From oxa- + borole.

Questions about oxaborole

What does oxaborole mean?
Oxaborole means a five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one boron atom and two double bonds; it, and its derivatives, are formally derived from an oxazole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of boron.
What part of speech is oxaborole?
Oxaborole is a noun.
What is the plural of oxaborole?
The plural of oxaborole is oxaboroles.

Words near oxaborole in the dictionary

  1. ox-tongue spear
  2. oxa-
  3. oxabicyclic
  4. oxabicycloheptene
  5. oxabicycloheptenes
  6. oxaborole
  7. oxaboroles
  8. oxacarbazepine
  9. oxacarbenium
  10. oxacarbeniums
  11. oxacephem

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