English Explanatory Dictionary

corannulene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.
  2. The parent compound of this group

Word forms

corannulene corannulenes
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