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Where does “diphenyleneiodonium” come from?

diphenyleneiodonium (English) comes from English diphenylene — biphenylene.

diphenyleneiodonium (English): An aromatic heterocyclic cation composed of two...

Definitions

  1. An aromatic heterocyclic cation composed of two...

Ancestry of “diphenyleneiodonium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdiphenylenebiphenylene
Every word from English diphenylene →