oxazaphospholidine

noun

A saturated five-membered heterocycle having two carbon atoms, and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus

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Meanings

nounoxazaphospholidine (countable and uncountable, plural oxazaphospholidines)

plural oxazaphospholidines

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA saturated five-membered heterocycle having two carbon atoms, and one each of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus

Origin

From oxaza- + phospholidine.

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