epoxide

See also: Epoxide

English

Etymology

From ep- + oxy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈipɑksaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

epoxide (plural epoxides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.
2. (organic chemistry) Any similar compound in which an ether linkage has been made across a larger ring.

Synonyms

• alkylene oxide

Derived terms

• arene epoxide
• bisepoxide
• diepoxide
• epoxidase
• epoxidate
• epoxidation
• epoxidic
• epoxidisable, epoxidizable
• epoxidise, epoxidize
• epoxidized
• epoxygenated
• furanoepoxide
• monoepoxide
• polyepoxide
• triepoxide

Translations

cyclic ether

• Catalan: epòxid m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 环氧化合物 (huán yǎng huàhéwù)

• Czech: epoxid (cs) m
• Estonian: epoksiidid
• Finnish: epoksidi
• French: époxyde (fr) m
• German: Epoxid (de) n
• Greek: εποξείδιο (el) n (epoxeídio)
• Italian: epossido (it) m
• Korean: 에폭시드 (epoksideu)
• Macedonian: епоксид (epoksid)
• Polish: epoksyd m, epitlenek m, oksiran (pl) m
• Portuguese: epóxido m
• Russian: эпоксиды (epoksidy)
• Spanish: epóxido (es) m

See also

• epoxy
• epidioxide
• episulphide
• ethylene oxide

Anagrams

• epoxied