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spirocyclobutane

spirocyclobutane noun: a divalent radical in which a cyclobutane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another.

Noun

spirocyclobutane (plural spirocyclobutanes)

  1. A divalent radical in which a cyclobutane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another

Forms of spirocyclobutane

pluralspirocyclobutanes

Questions about spirocyclobutane

What does spirocyclobutane mean?
Spirocyclobutane means a divalent radical in which a cyclobutane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another.
What part of speech is spirocyclobutane?
Spirocyclobutane is a noun.
What is the plural of spirocyclobutane?
The plural of spirocyclobutane is spirocyclobutanes.

Words near spirocyclobutane in the dictionary

  1. spirocycles
  2. spirocyclic
  3. spirocyclically
  4. spirocyclization
  5. spirocyclizations
  6. spirocyclobutane
  7. spirocyclobutanes
  8. spirocycloheptane
  9. spirocycloheptanes
  10. spirocyclohexane
  11. spirocyclohexanes

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