different between circulene vs corannulene

English

Etymology

circle +? -ene (“benzene”) A circle of benzene rings

Noun

circulene (plural circulenes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a closed ring of fused benzene rings

Hyponyms

• corannulene / [5]circulene (a circle of 5 fused benzenes with a central pentagon backbone)
• coronene / [6]circulene (a circle of 6 fused benzenes with a central hexagon backbone)
• [7]circulene (a circle of 7 fused benzenes with a central heptagon backbone)
• kekulene / [12]circulene (a circle of 12 fused benzenes)

Derived terms

• [5]circulene
• [6]circulene
• [7]circulene
• [12]circulene

English

Noun

corannulene (plural corannulenes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.
2. (organic chemistry) The parent compound of this group