Definitions for thiophene

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thiophene thi·o·phene

Spelling: [thahy-uh-feen]

IPA: /ˈθaɪ əˌfin/

Thiophene is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in thiophene (eehhinopt).

Definitions for thiophene

noun

1. a water-insoluble, colorless liquid, C 4 H 4 S, resembling benzene, occurring in crude coal-tar benzene: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.

Origin of thiophene

1880-85; thio- + -phene, word-final variant of phen-

Examples for thiophene

thiophene and its derivatives are of considerable therapeutic interest.

Sodium thiophene sulphonate, thiophenetetra-bromide, thiophene diiodide, are all medicinals.

The compound thus obtained is stated to have the same odor as thiophene, but no mention is made in regard to its uses.

This brings selenophene more akin to pyrrole than thiophene, but the group -NH- in the molecule of pyrrole is an auxochrome.