A hydrocarbon or organic compound containing copper; also any of a class of organic compounds derived from or containing copper.
From Latin 'cuprum' (copper) plus the organic chemistry suffix '-ene', which marks unsaturated hydrocarbons and organic compounds.
The '-ene' suffix (like benzene, ethylene, toluene) became chemistry's language for talking about carbon-based molecules—adding 'cupr-' shows researchers were exploring how to incorporate metals into organic chemistry.
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