exomethylene
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A methylene group attached by a double bond to the outside of a ring
Example Sentences
- "Furthermore, the 1 H NMR spectrum of 1 also exhibited the presence of a 2″-isopropenyl dihydrofuran ring—a methyl group singlet signal at δ H 1.72 (3H, s, H-5″) and two broad singlets for an exomethylene group signal at δ H 4.82 (1H, s, Ha-4″) and 5.03 (1H, s, Hb-4″)."
Etymology
From exo- + methylene.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: exo