oxaborole

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oxa- +‎ borole

Noun[edit]

oxaborole (plural oxaboroles)

  1. (organic chemistry) A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one boron atom and two double bonds; it, and its derivatives, are formally derived from an oxazole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of boron