spirocyclopropane

English

Etymology

From spiro- +‎ cyclopropane.

Noun

spirocyclopropane (plural spirocyclopropanes)

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

Synonyms

• spirocyclopropyl

See also

• bicyclic molecule on Wikipedia