amorphene

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English

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Etymology

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After the genus Amorpha (herbs and shrubs).[1]

Noun

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amorphene (countable and uncountable, plural amorphenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A sesquiterpene (1S,4aR,8aS)-4,7-dimethyl-1-(propan-2-yl)-1,2,4a,5,6,8a-hexahydronaphthalene

References

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  1. ^ Alexander Senning (2019) “The naming of terpenes”, in The Etymology of Chemical Names: Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature, De Gruyter.