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Pyran vs Chromane - What's the difference?

pyran | chromane |

As nouns the difference between pyran and chromane

is that pyran is (chemistry) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, c5h6o while chromane is (organic compound) a bicyclic heterocycle in which a benzene ring is fused to one of dihydro-pyran; it is the base unit of tocopherols.

pyran

English

Noun

(wikipedia pyran) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C5H6O.

    • Derived terms

    * pyranic * pyranose

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    chromane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) A bicyclic heterocycle in which a benzene ring is fused to one of dihydro-pyran; it is the base unit of tocopherols

    • Derived terms

    * isochromane

    Synonyms

    * chroman

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