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mesoionic compound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mesoion-ic -com-pound
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any of a class of compounds having five-membered ring heterocycles (or their benzo derivatives) which possess a sextet of π-electrons in association with the atoms comprising the ring, but which cannot be represented by any one covalent or polar structure; typically the ring structure contains both positive and negative delocalised charges which cannot be associated with any one ring atom, and the negative charge can also be associated with a conjugated exocyclic atom (typically oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen).

Inflected Forms

mesoionic compounds (plural)

Phrases

aromatic compound

Frequently Paired Words

aromatic compound

Questions

What does mesoionic compound mean?
any of a class of compounds having five-membered ring heterocycles (or their benzo derivatives) which possess a sextet of π-electrons in association with the atoms comprising the ring, but which cannot be represented by any one covalent or polar structure; typically the ring structure contains both positive and negative delocalised charges which cannot be associated with any one ring atom, and the negative charge can also be associated with a conjugated exocyclic atom (typically oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen).

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