Rotane
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rotane is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any of a class of hydrocarbons consisting of spiro-linked cyclopropane units only, but with a common [n]membered ring in the middle; they are named n-rotanes depending on the size of the inner ring.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of hydrocarbons consisting of spiro-linked cyclopropane units only, but with a common [n]membered ring in the middle; they are named n-rotanes depending on the size of the inner ring.
Word Forms
- rotanes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spirotane, triangulane, spirocyclopropane, spiropentane, polyrotaxane, spirocyclononane.
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