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vicinal diol

vicinal diol noun: any diol in which the two hydroxy functional groups are attached to adjacent carbon atoms.

Noun

vicinal diol (plural vicinal diols)

  1. Any diol in which the two hydroxy functional groups are attached to adjacent carbon atoms.

Forms of vicinal diol

pluralvicinal diols

Questions about vicinal diol

What does vicinal diol mean?
Vicinal diol means any diol in which the two hydroxy functional groups are attached to adjacent carbon atoms.
What part of speech is vicinal diol?
Vicinal diol is a noun.
What is the plural of vicinal diol?
The plural of vicinal diol is vicinal diols.

Words near vicinal diol in the dictionary

  1. vicillin
  2. vicillins
  3. vicinage
  4. vicinages
  5. vicinal
  6. vicinal diol
  7. vicinal diols
  8. vicinality
  9. vicinally
  10. vicine
  11. vicing

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