different between carpathite vs coronene

English

Etymology

Named after Carpathian mountains + -ite, originally karpatite in English

Noun

carpathite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A rare hydrocarbon mineral composed of coronene.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Carpathite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “carpathite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• parathetic

English

Noun

coronene (countable and uncountable, plural coronenes)

1. (organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of six benzene rings fused together into a ring. Coronene has the molecular formula C₂₄H₁₂
2. any derivative of this compound

Synonyms

(a hexagonal ring of 6 fused benzene rings):

• superbenzene
• circumbenzene
• hexabenzobenzene
• (6)circulene / 6-circulene / [6]circulene

Hypernyms

(a hexagonal ring of 6 fused benzene rings):

• circulene (a ring composed of fused benzene rings)

Derived terms

• hexabenzocoronene
• dodecabenzocoronene
• circumcoronene

Coordinate terms

(a hexagonal ring of 6 fused benzene rings):

• graphene (a large flat sheet composed of fused benzene rings)
• benzene (the benzoid molecule that would fill the hollow center of coronene)
• kekulene (the benzoid molecule that would encompass coronene, as its hollow center)
• circumcoronene (the benzoid molecule that would result if coronene were wrapped by another complete ring of fused benzene rings)

Translations

See also

• carpathite (a mineral composed of coronene)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Coronene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “coronene”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.