What does "heteroallene" mean?

Any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene).

Heteroallene

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Noun

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Any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene).

Etymology

From hetero- + allene.

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carbon dioxide

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