English Explanatory Dictionary

circumcoronene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aromatic hexagonal flat sheet molecule composed of fused benzene rings, 3 benzene rings to a side, 19 rings to a sheet. An outer ring of 12 fused benzene rings surrounds the core coronene. Circumcoronene has the molecular formula C₅₄H₁₈

Word forms

circumcoronene circumcoronenes

Etymology

From circum- + coronene. From the coronene molecule's ring of fused benzene rings being completely enclosed around its circumference by another outer ring of fused benzene rings.

Synonyms

dodecabenzocoronene DBC

Derived words

circumcircumcoronene hexabenzocircumcoronene dodecabenzocircumcoronene octadecabenzocircumcoronene
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