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Saturated vs Oxepane - What's the difference?

saturated | oxepane |

As a verb saturated

is (saturate).

As an adjective saturated

is (not comparable) full; unable to hold or contain any more.

As a noun oxepane is

(organic compound) a saturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms and one oxygen atom.

saturated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (saturate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  • (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  • (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  • (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.

    • Related terms

    * saturate * saturity * unsaturated * polyunsaturated

    oxepane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) A saturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms and one oxygen atom

    • Usage notes

    *The analogous unsaturated compound is oxepine