Definitions For Catenane

Noun

CATENANE (plural CATENANEs) (organic chemistry) Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.

Usage notes

The number of rings in the compound is shown by preceding the name with a number in square brackets e.g. [3]catenane.

Derived terms

hemicatenane polycatenane pseudocatenane

Etymology

From {{der, en, la, catena, , a chain}}.

See also

catena compound

Is Catenane a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Catenane is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

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