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pyrrol

pyrrol is the alternative spelling of pyrrole.

Meaning of pyrrole

Noun

pyrrole (plural pyrroles)

  1. Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₅N.
    • The way the red crystals absorbed light suggested that the molecule might contain a porphyrin-like structure, a flat ring made up of four smaller rings called pyrroles […].1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life
    Synonyms:
    azole

Forms of pyrrol

pluralpyrrols

Words formed from pyrrol

Questions about pyrrol

What is pyrrol the alternative spelling of?
Pyrrol is the alternative spelling of pyrrole.

Words near pyrrol in the dictionary

  1. pyrrobutamine
  2. pyrrocaine
  3. pyrrocidine
  4. pyrroindomycin
  5. pyrroindomycins
  6. pyrrol
  7. pyrrole
  8. pyrroles
  9. pyrrolic
  10. pyrrolide
  11. pyrrolides

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