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crown ether

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  • noun chemistry any of a class of macrocyclic compounds containing repeat units of -CH2CH2O-
  • noun chemistry any similar compound containing atoms of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus or silicon instead of, or as well as, oxygen

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  1. cryptand
  2. lariat ether

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