Meanings
plural circumcoronenes
- chemistryAn aromatic hexagonal flat sheet molecule composed of fused benzene rings, 3 benzene rings to a side, 19 rings to a sheet. An outer ring of 12 fused benzene rings surrounds the core coronene. Circumcoronene has the molecular formula C₅₄H₁₈
Synonyms: dodecabenzocoronene, DBC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn aromatic hexagonal flat sheet molecule composed of fused benzene rings, 3 benzene rings to a side, 19 rings to a sheet. An outer ring of 12 fused benzene rings surrounds the core coronene. Circumcoronene has the molecular formula C₅₄H₁₈
Origin
From circum- + coronene. From the coronene molecule's ring of fused benzene rings being completely enclosed around its circumference by another outer ring of fused benzene rings.
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