membered
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Having a certain number of parts, often atoms, used for rings in chemistry
- adjective
- /ˈmɛmbərd/
- Specialized
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con miembros
- When studying different types of cyclic compounds, chemists often explore both three membered and six membered rings.
Examples
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And so the six membered ring in a sugar is also referred to as a pyranose.
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So conventionally, these six membered rings were labeled ABC, and then the five membered ring D so people could know what they were talking about, right?
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It gives this funny ether, an ether that's a three membered ring, right?
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In organic chemistry, a six membered ring structure is crucial for understanding the properties of certain sugars.
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The compound contains a five membered ring, which influences its reactivity in chemical reactions.
Antonyms
How Many
membered
1
8.8
- Specialized
1
8.8
three-membered
- Specialized
Surface Forms
membered positive
Morphology
Etymology
Membered comes from member, which goes back to the Latin membrum meaning 'limb' or 'part'. So a 'five-membered' ring simply means a ring made of five 'parts', which in chemistry are five atoms.