English Explanatory Dictionary

pyran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms, an oxygen atom and two double bonds; especially the simplest one, C₅H₆O.

Word forms

pyran pyrans

Etymology

pyre + -an

Related words

pyre pyrite pyrex furan

Derived words

dibenzopyran dihydropyran pirarubicin pyranic pyranoflavonol pyranonaphthoquinone pyranose spiropyran
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