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cuprene +‎ -yl

Noun

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cuprenyl (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A univalent radical or cation derived from cuprene
    • 2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Reionization of the ciscoid conformation of NPP and subsequent intramolecular electrophilic attack would form a bisabolyl cation, which followed by a secondary intramolecular electrophilic attack and 1,4-hydride shift, would create a cuprenyl cation.