Catenane

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.

Etymology

From Latin catena (“a chain”).

Related phrases

catena compoundcovalent bond

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