thiophene

See also: thiophène

English

Ball-and-stick model of thiophene.

Etymology

thio- +‎ phene ("benzene")

Noun

thiophene (plural thiophenes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a sulfur atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₄S.

Derived terms

• tetrahydrothiophene
• thiophenic

Translations

aromatic heterocyclic compound

• Catalan: tiofè m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 噻吩 (sak¹ fan¹)

  Mandarin: 噻吩 (sāifēn)

• Hungarian: tiofén
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• Italian: tiofene (it) m
• Japanese: チオフェン (chiofen)
• Kazakh: тиофен (tiofen)
• Korean: 티오펜 (tiopen)