fenestrane
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Fenestranes.png/220px-Fenestranes.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin fenestra (“window”) + -ane, from the apparent similarity of the structure to a windowpane.
Noun
[edit]fenestrane (plural fenestranes)
- (chemistry) Any hydrocarbon consisting of a central carbon atom connected with single bonds to four other carbon atoms each of which is connected to two of the others by a chain of carbon atoms; any derivative of such a compound.