Where does “dodecyne” come from?

dodecyne (English) comes from English -yne, from English -ylene — used to form the names of bivalent radicals.

dodecyne (English): Any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of twelve carbon atoms and containing one triple bond

Definitions

  1. Any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of twelve carbon atoms and containing one triple bond

Ancestry of “dodecyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yneAn unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one...
2English-yleneused to form the names of bivalent radicals
Every word from English -yleneEvery word from English -yne
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