Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dihydrostilbene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-hy-dros-til-bene
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of stilbene in which the double bond that typically connects the two phenyl groups is saturated, so that the two phenyl rings are connected by a single bond between their carbon atoms.

Example Sentences

"Lunularin, a dihydrostilbene, is met with in Marchantia polymorpha (Hop- kins & Perold, 1974) and Conocephalum conicum (Pryce & Linton, 1974)."
"Alkaline hydrolysis of the aglycone gave a stilbene derivative (Fig. 3) and reduction of the exocyclic double bond in this structure, using socium borohydride and palladium chloride, yielded the dihydrostilbene derivative (Fig. 4)"
"To date, there have been a total of 13 dihydrostilbenes reported in cannabis."

Etymology

From di- + hydro- + stilbene.

Inflected Forms

dihydrostilbenes (plural)

Derived Forms

dihydrostilbenoid

Questions

What does dihydrostilbene mean?: A type of stilbene in which the double bond that typically connects the two phenyl groups is saturated, so that the two phenyl rings are connected by a single bond between their carbon atoms.
Where does dihydrostilbene come from?: From di- + hydro- + stilbene.

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