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ladderane

noun

Etymology

From ladder + -ane, from the resemblance of its chemical structure to a ladder.

  1. derived from *ḱlóydʰrom✻
  2. derived from *hlaidrijō✻
  3. derived from *hlaidriju✻
  4. derived from hlǣder
  5. inherited from ladder
  6. suffixed as ladderane — “ladder + ane”

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of polycyclic hydrocarbons, consisting of repeating cyclobutane moieties,…

    Any of a class of polycyclic hydrocarbons, consisting of repeating cyclobutane moieties, that resemble ladders

    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich This process has been developed into an [n]ladderane synthesis by starting with the dihydro derivative 5 of Smith’s diene and working in tandem.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ladderane. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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