cuprenyl

English

Etymology

cuprene +‎ -yl

Noun

cuprenyl (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A univalent radical or cation derived from cuprene
   • 2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Reionization of the ciscoid conformation of NPP and subsequent intramolecular electrophilic attack would form a bisabolyl cation, which followed by a secondary intramolecular electrophilic attack and 1,4-hydride shift, would create a cuprenyl cation.