thiophene
/thahy-uh-feen/US // ˈθaɪ əˌfin //
噻吩,噻吩类,噻吩类化合物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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