xanthylium

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noun

The aromatic cation composed of two benzene rings fused to one of pyrylium

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Meanings

nounxanthylium (countable and uncountable, plural xanthyliums)

plural xanthyliums

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe aromatic cation composed of two benzene rings fused to one of pyrylium

Origin

From xanthyl + -ium.

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