ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Corannulene

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Corannulene is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) The parent compound of this group.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) The parent compound of this group.

More Meanings

  1. (organic chemistry) 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.

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Related dictionary entries include circulene, coronene, circumcoronene, coronoid, kekulene, annulene.

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