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Etymology of aryne

Etymology tree Late Latin arōmaticusder. Old French aromatique Middle Frenchbor. Middle English English ar(omatic) English -yne English aryne From ar(omatic) + -yne.

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noun

Any hydrocarbon, normally a transient species, derived from an arene by removal of two hydrogen atoms from adjacent carbon atoms, and thus possessing a formal triple bond; the simplest is benzyne

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Etymology tree Late Latin arōmaticusder. Old French aromatique Middle Frenchbor. Middle English English ar(omatic) English -yne English aryne From ar(omatic) + -yne.

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