coumarone

noun

cou·​ma·​rone

variants or cumarone

-ˌrōn

plural -s

: a heavy oily compound C₈H₆O present in solvent naphtha and made synthetically

also : any derivative of this compound

called also benzofuran

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary coumarin + -one; probably originally formed as German kumaron

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