triangulene

Meaning

Noun

• A flat hydrocarbon graphene fragment composed of 6 fused benzene rings in a triangular configuration; being a radical having two unpaired electrons, empirically C₂₂H₁₂
• The functional group composed of such a structure, an unsubstituted triangulene
• A compound incorporating the functional group, a substituted triangulene

Related

Similar words

• 4H,8H-dibenzo(cd,mn)pyren-4,8-diyl

Broader meaning words

• C22H12

Origin

• triangular + -ene From being a triangle composed of benzene rings.