oxaborole

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noun

A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one boron atom and two double bonds; it, and its derivatives, are formally derived from an oxazole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of boron

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Meanings

nounoxaborole (plural oxaboroles)

plural oxaboroles

  1. chemistryA five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one boron atom and two double bonds; it, and its derivatives, are formally derived from an oxazole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of boron

Origin

From oxa- + borole.

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