fenestrane

English

Chemical diagrams of fenestranes

Etymology

Latin fenestra (“window”) +‎ -ane, from the apparent similarity of the structure to a windowpane.

Noun

fenestrane (plural fenestranes)

1. (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.