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Meaning of dihydrostilbene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A type of stilbene in which the double bond that typically connects the two phenyl groups is saturated, so that the two phenyl rings are connected by a single bond between their carbon atoms.

Examples

“Lunularin, a dihydrostilbene, is met with in Marchantia polymorpha (Hop- kins & Perold, 1974) and Conocephalum conicum (Pryce & Linton, 1974).”
“Alkaline hydrolysis of the aglycone gave a stilbene derivative (Fig. 3) and reduction of the exocyclic double bond in this structure, using socium borohydride and palladium chloride, yielded the dihydrostilbene derivative (Fig. 4)”
“To date, there have been a total of 13 dihydrostilbenes reported in cannabis.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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