thiophene

See also: thiophène

English

Ball-and-stick model of thiophene.

Etymology

From thio- +‎ phene ("benzene").

Noun

thiophene (plural thiophenes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a sulfur atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₄S.

Derived terms

• articaine
• benzodithiophene
• benzonaphthothiophene
• benzothiophene
• bithiophene
• butylthiophene
• cefalotin
• cefoxitin
• chlorothiophene
• dibenzothiophene
• dihydrothiophene
• dioxythiophene
• hexylthiophene
• oligothiophene
• pentathiophene
• polythiophene
• quinquethiophene
• sexithiophene
• terthiophene
• tetrahydrothiophene
• thiophenic
• ticarcillin
• tiemonium
• tioconazole

Translations

aromatic heterocyclic compound

• Catalan: tiofè m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 噻吩 (sak¹ fan¹)

  Mandarin: 噻吩 (zh) (sāifēn)

• Esperanto: tiofeno
• German: Thiophen n
• Hungarian: tiofén
• Italian: tiofene (it) m
• Japanese: チオフェン (chiofen)
• Kazakh: тиофен (tiofen)
• Korean: 티오펜 (tiopen)
• Portuguese: tiofeno m
• Romanian: tiofen n
• Spanish: tiofeno m