cyclopentyl etymology

English word cyclopentyl comes from English cyclopentane, English oxygen

Detailed word origin of cyclopentyl

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
cyclopentane English (eng) (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H10; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent.
oxygen English (eng) (countable) An atom of this element.. (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.. A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.. Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
cyclopentyl English (eng) (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopentane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.

Words with the same origin as cyclopentyl

Descendants of cyclopentane
cyclopentannulated cyclopentannulation cyclopentanone
Descendants of oxygen
Cwm Silicon Silicon Glen Silicon Valley aminoanthraquinone anoxic carbon chyazic acid disiloxane halon hydrogen hydrogode ketoxime oligosiloxane oxime pentasiloxane phlorone polysilicon quinoid quinone silico- silicoflagellate silicon photonics sodium thucholite trisiloxane