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pentamethylene

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[pen-tuh-meth-uh-leen] / ˌpɛn təˈmɛθ əˌlin /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. cyclopentane.


Etymology

Origin of pentamethylene

penta- + methylene

Example Sentences

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The branching sites in dC5 molecules can only be accommodated at channel intersections, whose centre-to-centre separations are about 10 Å, while the distance between the two N atoms of dC5 is roughly 7.6 Å in the all-trans conformation of the pentamethylene chain.

From Nature

The branching sites in dC5 molecules can only be accommodated at channel intersections, whose centre-to-centre separations are about 10 Å, while the distance between the two N atoms of dC5 is roughly 7.6 Å in the all-trans conformation of the pentamethylene chain.

From Nature