spirocyclopentane

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English

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Etymology

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spiro- +‎ cyclopentane

Noun

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spirocyclopentane (plural spirocyclopentanes)

  1. (chemistry) A divalent radical in which a cyclopentane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another

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