coumarin

English

Etymology

From coumarou (“tonka bean, Dipteryx odorata (syn. Coumarouna odorata)”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːməɹɪn/

Noun

coumarin (countable and uncountable, plural coumarins)

1. (organic chemistry) The bicyclic aromatic compound 1,2-benzopyrone or any of its derivatives.
   • 2015 July 6, “Hydrogen Peroxide Scavenging Activity of Novel Coumarins Synthesized Using Different Approaches”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The postulated mechanism for the reaction of coumarin 4 as an antioxidant, as indicated in Fig 3, relies on the mercapto hydrogen atom (bold), which is under the influence of resonance and inductive effects.

Derived terms

• aminocoumarin
• azacoumarin
• bishydroxycoumarin
• clausarin
• clausmarin
• coumadin
• coumaric
• coumarinic
• diazocoumarin
• fluorocoumarin
• furanocoumarin
• geranylcoumarin
• glycycoumarin
• hydroxycoumarin
• isocoumarin
• methoxycoumarin
• phenylcoumarin
• pyranocoumarin
• sulfocoumarin
• warfarin

Translations

aromatic compound

• Catalan: cumarina f
• Finnish: kumariini (fi)
• French: coumarine (fr) f
• German: Cumarin (de) n, Kumarin (de) n
• Italian: cumarina (it) f
• Korean: 쿠마린 (kumarin)
• Polish: kumaryna (pl) f
• Portuguese: cumarina f
• Spanish: cumarina f

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