azaphenalene

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Etymology

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aza- +‎ phenalene

Noun

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azaphenalene (countable and uncountable, plural azaphenalenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle formally derived from phenalene by replacing a carbon atom (of the cyclohezene ring) by nitrogen (more precisely, an >NH group)