quinarene

English

Noun

quinarene (plural quinarenes)

1. (chemistry) Any mancude assembly of three carbocyclic rings having a six-membered quinonoid ring bonded (in the 1,4 positions) to two odd-membered rings whose size differs by two.

Usage notes

• Nomenclature is [x,6,y]quinarere where x and y are the sizes of the rings.