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tertiary butylhydroquinone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ter-tiary butyl-hy-dro-quinone
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol. It is a derivative of hydroquinone, substituted with a tert-butyl group.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From tertiary butyl + hydroquinone.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tertiary butylhydroquinones (plural) tertiary butyl hydroquinone (alternative)

Synonyms

TBHQ tert-butylhydroquinone t-butylhydroquinone

Questions

What does tertiary butylhydroquinone mean?
An aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol. It is a derivative of hydroquinone, substituted with a tert-butyl group.
Where does tertiary butylhydroquinone come from?
From tertiary butyl + hydroquinone.

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