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spirocyclooctane

spirocyclooctane noun: a divalent radical in which a cyclooctane 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

spirocyclooctane (plural spirocyclooctanes)

  1. A divalent radical in which a cyclooctane 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 spirocyclooctane

pluralspirocyclooctanes

Origin of spirocyclooctane

From spiro- + cyclooctane.

Questions about spirocyclooctane

What does spirocyclooctane mean?
Spirocyclooctane means a divalent radical in which a cyclooctane 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 spirocyclooctane?
Spirocyclooctane is a noun.
What is the plural of spirocyclooctane?
The plural of spirocyclooctane is spirocyclooctanes.

Words near spirocyclooctane in the dictionary

  1. spirocycloheptanes
  2. spirocyclohexane
  3. spirocyclohexanes
  4. spirocyclononane
  5. spirocyclononanes
  6. spirocyclooctane
  7. spirocyclooctanes
  8. spirocyclopentane
  9. spirocyclopentanes
  10. spirocyclopropane
  11. spirocyclopropanes

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