catenane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.

Word forms

catenane catenanes

Etymology

From Latin catena (“a chain”).

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