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octaethylporphyrin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-taethyl-por-phyrin
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A synthetic porphyrin compound with eight ethyl groups on its ring structure. It forms a stable, aromatic macrocycle that can bind metals and is commonly used as a model system for studying hemelike chemistry.

Etymology

From octaethyl + porphyrin

Inflected Forms

octaethylporphyrins (plural) OEP (abbreviation)

Questions

What does octaethylporphyrin mean?
A synthetic porphyrin compound with eight ethyl groups on its ring structure. It forms a stable, aromatic macrocycle that can bind metals and is commonly used as a model system for studying hemelike chemistry.
Where does octaethylporphyrin come from?
From octaethyl + porphyrin

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