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phosphinane

phosphinane noun: a saturated six-membered heterocycle containing five carbon atoms and one phosphorus atom.

Noun

phosphinane (countable and uncountable, plural phosphinanes)

  1. A saturated six-membered heterocycle containing five carbon atoms and one phosphorus atom

Forms of phosphinane

pluralphosphinanes

Questions about phosphinane

What does phosphinane mean?
Phosphinane means a saturated six-membered heterocycle containing five carbon atoms and one phosphorus atom.
What part of speech is phosphinane?
Phosphinane is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphinane?
The plural of phosphinane is phosphinanes.

Words near phosphinane in the dictionary

  1. phosphide
  2. phosphides
  3. phosphidic
  4. phosphids
  5. phosphin
  6. phosphinane
  7. phosphinanes
  8. phosphinate
  9. phosphinates
  10. phosphindole
  11. phosphindoles

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