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thiolane

thiolane noun: the five-membered saturated heterocycle having four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom; any derivative of this compound.

Noun

thiolane (plural thiolanes)

  1. The five-membered saturated heterocycle having four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom; any derivative of this compound

Synonyms of thiolane

Forms of thiolane

pluralthiolanes

Questions about thiolane

What does thiolane mean?
Thiolane means the five-membered saturated heterocycle having four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom; any derivative of this compound.
What part of speech is thiolane?
Thiolane is a noun.
What is the plural of thiolane?
The plural of thiolane is thiolanes.

Words near thiolane in the dictionary

  1. thiolactomycin
  2. thiolactonase
  3. thiolactonases
  4. thiolactone
  5. thiolactones
  6. thiolane
  7. thiolanes
  8. thiolase
  9. thiolases
  10. thiolate
  11. thiolated

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