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tetrahedrane

tetrahedrane

English

Noun

tetrahedrane (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedranes)

  1. (organic chemistry) Hypothetically, one of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C4H4, having the carbon atoms at the vertices of a tetrahedron; has not yet been synthesized, and would be very unstable.

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