retrodiene
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]retrodiene (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) used attributively to describe the removal of a previously added diene moiety from a molecule
- Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
- Since reaction occurs specifically at the cyclobutene π-bond, the opportunity to effect a retrodiene loss of cyclopentadiene becomes an option.
- Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich