Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyclophane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cy-clo-phane
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hydrocarbon consisting an aromatic unit (typically a benzene ring) and an aliphatic chain that forms a bridge between two positions of the aromatic ring; more complex derivatives (the superphanes) with multiple aromatic units and bridges forming cagelike structures are known.

noun

Any cyclic structure used as a base phane in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds

Etymology

By surface analysis, cyclo- + -phane.

Inflected Forms

cyclophanes (plural)

Derived Forms

azacyclophane crownophane cyclobutaphane cycloheptaphane cyclohexaphane cyclopentaphane cyclopropaphane metacyclophane paracyclophane

Questions

What does cyclophane mean?: A hydrocarbon consisting an aromatic unit (typically a benzene ring) and an aliphatic chain that forms a bridge between two positions of the aromatic ring; more complex derivatives (the superphanes) with multiple aromatic units and bridges forming cagelike structures are known.
Where does cyclophane come from?: By surface analysis, cyclo- + -phane.

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