triangulene
English
editEtymology
editFrom triangular + -ene (“benzenoid/graphene”). From being a triangle composed of benzene rings.
Noun
edittriangulene (countable and uncountable, plural triangulenes)
- (organic chemistry) A flat hydrocarbon graphene fragment, C22H12, composed of 6 fused benzene rings in a triangular configuration; being a radical having two unpaired electrons.
- The functional group composed of such a structure, an unsubstituted triangulene
- A compound incorporating the functional group, a substituted triangulene
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editDerived terms
edit- dihydrotriangulene (molecular triangulene, C22H14)
- triangulenium
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