spirocyclobutane

noun

A divalent radical in which a cyclobutane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another

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Meanings

nounspirocyclobutane (plural spirocyclobutanes)

plural spirocyclobutanes

  1. chemistryA divalent radical in which a cyclobutane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another
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