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Cycloheptadiene

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Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cycloheptadiene is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbons having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds; any derivative of such compound.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbons having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds; any derivative of such compound.

Example Sentences

Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Decomposition of 4 in the presence of cis-piperylene at room temperature results in the stereocontrolled formation of trans-cycloheptadiene 27 in 90% ee (96% ee at -78 °C).

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cycloheptene, cyclohexadiene, bicycloheptadiene, heptadiene, cycloheptadecene, cycloheptatrienone.

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