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cyclooctatetraene

noun
cy路​clo路​octa路​tet路​ra路​ene
plural -s

Definition of cyclooctatetraene

: a liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon C8H8 that resembles benzene in its cyclic completely conjugated structure but is much more reactive than benzene and is usually made by catalytic polymerization of acetylene under pressure

History and Etymology for cyclooctatetraene

International Scientific Vocabulary cycl- + octa- + tetra- + -ene

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