Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hypothetical organic chemical compound, many derivatives of which are known.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
- n. chemistry An isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
- n. Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.
Etymologies
- tetra- + methylene. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Alternatively, it may proceed through a two-stage mechanism (right) so that first one bond breaks and tetramethylene is formed as an intermediate.”
“After crossing another activation barrier the tetramethylene in turn is converted to the final product.”
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