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phosphole

phosphole noun: the unsaturated five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one phosphorus atom and two double bonds; an analogue of pyrrole.

Noun

phosphole (plural phospholes)

  1. The unsaturated five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one phosphorus atom and two double bonds; an analogue of pyrrole

Forms of phosphole

pluralphospholes

Words formed from phosphole

Questions about phosphole

What does phosphole mean?
Phosphole means the unsaturated five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one phosphorus atom and two double bonds; an analogue of pyrrole.
What part of speech is phosphole?
Phosphole is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphole?
The plural of phosphole is phospholes.

Words near phosphole in the dictionary

  1. phospholamban
  2. phospholambans
  3. phospholambin
  4. phospholane
  5. phospholanes
  6. phosphole
  7. phospholes
  8. phospholidine
  9. phospholigand
  10. phospholigands
  11. phospholinked

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