pyrrole
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Pyrrol, corresponding to Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “reddish, fiery”) + -ole.
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Noun[edit]
pyrrole (plural pyrroles)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H5N. [from 19th c.]
- 1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life:
- The way the red crystals absorbed light suggested that the molecule might contain a porphyrin-like structure, a flat ring made up of four smaller rings called pyrroles […].
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Descendants[edit]
- → Polish: pirol
Translations[edit]
any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
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French[edit]
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Noun[edit]
pyrrole f (plural pyrroles)
Further reading[edit]
- “pyrrole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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