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porphyrilic acid

porphyrilic acid noun: a carboxylic acid derived from a lichen containing two benzofuran units with IUPAC name 4,10-dihydroxy-8-methyl-3-oxo-1H-[2]benzofuro[5,4-b][1]benzofuran-7-carboxylic acid.

Noun

porphyrilic acid (uncountable)

  1. A carboxylic acid derived from a lichen containing two benzofuran units with IUPAC name 4,10-dihydroxy-8-methyl-3-oxo-1H-[2]benzofuro[5,4-b][1]benzofuran-7-carboxylic acid.

Questions about porphyrilic acid

What does porphyrilic acid mean?
Porphyrilic acid means a carboxylic acid derived from a lichen containing two benzofuran units with IUPAC name 4,10-dihydroxy-8-methyl-3-oxo-1H-[2]benzofuro[5,4-b][1]benzofuran-7-carboxylic acid.
What part of speech is porphyrilic acid?
Porphyrilic acid is a noun.

Words near porphyrilic acid in the dictionary

  1. Porphyrian trees
  2. porphyrias
  3. porphyric
  4. porphyrically
  5. porphyries
  6. porphyrilic acid
  7. porphyrin
  8. porphyrinate
  9. porphyrine
  10. porphyrines
  11. porphyrinic

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