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pentanoxymethyl

pentanoxymethyl noun: an alkoxymethyl radical in which R is a pentyl group.

Noun

pentanoxymethyl (uncountable)

  1. An alkoxymethyl radical in which R is a pentyl group
    • Surfactants differ in the length of alkoxymethyl side chains, ranging from pentanoxymethyl to hexadecyloxymethyl, as indicated by their designations (C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C11, C12, C14 and C16).2015 December 8, “Gemini Surfactants Based on Bis-Imidazolium Alkoxy Derivatives as Effective Agents for Delivery of Nucleic Acids: A Structural and Spectroscopic Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about pentanoxymethyl

What does pentanoxymethyl mean?
Pentanoxymethyl means an alkoxymethyl radical in which R is a pentyl group.
What part of speech is pentanoxymethyl?
Pentanoxymethyl is a noun.

Words near pentanoxymethyl in the dictionary

  1. pentanoic acid
  2. pentanol
  3. pentanols
  4. pentanone
  5. pentanones
  6. pentanoxymethyl
  7. pentanoyl
  8. pentanuclear
  9. pentanucleotide
  10. pentanucleotides
  11. pentanucleotidic

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