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
- (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.
Word Forms
- corannulenes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circulene, coronene, circumcoronene, coronoid, kekulene, annulene.
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