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English
Etymology
From circum- + coronene. From the coronene molecule's ring of fused benzene rings being completely enclosed around its circumference by another outer ring of fused benzene rings.
Noun
circumcoronene (plural circumcoronenes)
- (organic chemistry) An aromatic hexagonal flat sheet molecule composed of fused benzene rings, 3 benzene rings to a side, 19 rings to a sheet. An outer ring of 12 fused benzene rings surrounds the core coronene. Circumcoronene has the molecular formula C54H18
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Coordinate terms
- graphene (a large flat sheet composed of fused benzene rings)
- benzene (the constituent hexagonal rings of 6 carbon atoms; 1 ring flat sheet molecule)
- coronene (the hexagonal flat sheet molecule of 2 benzene rings to a side, 7 rings to a sheet)
- hexabenzocoronene / HBC (the molecule that results if every other outer fused benzene ring were removed from circumcoronene, leaving 6 outer rings instead of 12)
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