English Explanatory Dictionary

bullvalene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tricyclic hydrocarbon whose structure is constantly changing between 1,209,600 possible tautomers

Word forms

bullvalene bullvalenes

Etymology

from the nickname of one the scientists who predicted its properties in 1963 and the underlying concept of valence tautomerism, William "Bull" Doering. Chosen to rhyme with fulvalene.

Related words

bullvalone semibullvalene barbaralane
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