pyrroline

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noun

Any of three isomeric monounsaturated heterocycles having a five-membered ring and one nitrogen atom C₄H₇N; any derivative of these compounds

OriginEnglish pyrrole ← German Pyrro ← Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós) →
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Meanings

nounpyrroline (plural pyrrolines)

plural pyrrolines

  1. chemistryAny of three isomeric monounsaturated heterocycles having a five-membered ring and one nitrogen atom C₄H₇N; any derivative of these compounds

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  5. GermanPyrro
  6. Englishpyrrole
  7. Englishpyrroline

From pyrrole + -ine.

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