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Cyclooctane vs Spirocyclooctane - What's the difference?

cyclooctane | spirocyclooctane |

As nouns the difference between cyclooctane and spirocyclooctane

is that cyclooctane is (chemistry) an alicyclic hydrocarbon, c8h16, consisting of a ring of eight carbon atoms while spirocyclooctane is (chemistry) a divalent radical in which a cyclooctane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another.

cyclooctane

English

Noun

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  • (chemistry) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C8H16, consisting of a ring of eight carbon atoms

    • spirocyclooctane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A divalent radical in which a cyclooctane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another

    • See also

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