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phosphirene

phosphirene noun: an unsaturated heterocycle that has two carbon atoms, a phosphorus atom and a double bond.

Noun

phosphirene (plural phosphirenes)

  1. An unsaturated heterocycle that has two carbon atoms, a phosphorus atom and a double bond

Forms of phosphirene

pluralphosphirenes

Questions about phosphirene

What does phosphirene mean?
Phosphirene means an unsaturated heterocycle that has two carbon atoms, a phosphorus atom and a double bond.
What part of speech is phosphirene?
Phosphirene is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphirene?
The plural of phosphirene is phosphirenes.

Words near phosphirene in the dictionary

  1. phosphinyl
  2. phosphinylated
  3. phosphinyls
  4. phosphirane
  5. phosphiranes
  6. phosphirene
  7. phosphirenes
  8. phosphite
  9. phosphite ester
  10. phosphites
  11. phosphitylated

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