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Alane

Alane

See also: alane and ålane

Latin

Noun

Alāne

  1. vocative singular of Alānus

alane

alane

See also: Alane and ålane

English

Noun

alane (plural alanes)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) aluminium hydride, AlH3
  2. (organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound

Usage notes

  • This is the current IUPAC name, but is to be replaced by alumane because the systematically derived name of the -AlH2 group would be alanyl which is already used as a derivative of alanine.

Scots

Adjective

alane (not comparable)

  1. alone

Adverb

alane (not comparable)

  1. alone