bornanen.
/ˈbɔːneɪn/, U.S. /ˈbɔrˌneɪn/ Chemistry.
A crystalline bicyclic hydrocarbon whose molecule provides the basis of those of borneol and related compounds. Also: any substituted derivative of this. Formerly called camphane.Chemical name: 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, C10H18. Cf. norbornane n. at nor- prefix 1a.
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1942 Chem. Rev. 31 392 This diene is useful for the synthesis of terpinoid derivatives of bornane.
1996 Environmental Sci. & Technol. 30 2257/1 The formation of the higher chlorinated bornanes dictates that one of the chlorines be located in the 2-exo position.
2006 P. M. Dewick Essent. Org. Chem. iii. 117/1 Bornane has a plane of symmetry and can be superimposed on its mirror image.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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