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pentaene

pentaene noun: any compound having five carbon-carbon double bonds.

Noun

pentaene (plural pentaenes)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) Any compound having five carbon-carbon double bonds
  2. (steroid chemistry) An intermediate (unreduced) product in Torgov steroid synthesis

Forms of pentaene

pluralpentaenes

Origin of pentaene

From penta- + -ene.

Questions about pentaene

What does pentaene mean?
Pentaene means any compound having five carbon-carbon double bonds.
What part of speech is pentaene?
Pentaene is a noun.
What is the plural of pentaene?
The plural of pentaene is pentaenes.

Words near pentaene in the dictionary

  1. pentadrachmae
  2. pentadrachmai
  3. pentadrachmas
  4. pentadrachms
  5. pentads
  6. pentaene
  7. pentaenes
  8. pentaenoic
  9. pentaenoic acid
  10. pentaenoic acids
  11. pentaenoics

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