aryne

English

Noun

aryne (plural arynes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any hydrocarbon, normally a transient species, derived from an arene by removal of two hydrogen atoms from adjacent carbon atoms, and thus possessing a formal triple bond; the simplest is benzyne

Related terms

• heteroaryne
• hetaryne
• meta-aryne
• ortho-aryne
• para-aryne

See also

• dehydroarene

Anagrams

• Aeryn, Arney, Neary, Neyra, Raney, Rayne, Yaren, rayne, renay, yarne, yearn