Camphylene

/ˈkæmfiːliːn/ noun

A hydrocarbon compound derived from or related to camphor, used in organic chemistry research and synthesis.

From camphor plus the suffix -ene, indicating a hydrocarbon with a double bond. This chemical term was created as organic chemists began breaking down camphor into simpler molecular components.

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