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thiophene

/thahy-uh-feen/US // ˈθaɪ əˌfin //

噻吩,噻吩类,噻吩类化合物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a water-insoluble, colorless liquid, C4H4S, resembling benzene, occurring in crude coal-tar benzene: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.

Examples

  • Sodium thiophene sulphonate, thiophenetetra-bromide, thiophene diiodide, are all medicinals.

  • Thiophene and its derivatives are of considerable therapeutic interest.

  • The compound thus obtained is stated to have the same odor as thiophene, but no mention is made in regard to its uses.

  • This brings selenophene more akin to pyrrole than thiophene, but the group -NH- in the molecule of pyrrole is an auxochrome.