pyran

pyran

English

Etymology

pyre + -an

Noun

pyran (plural pyrans)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C₅H₆O.

Derived terms

• pyranic
• pyranose

Related terms

• pyre
• pyrite
• pyrex

Translations

In chemistry

Chinese: Cantonese: 吡喃 (bei2 naam4) Mandarin: 吡喃 (bǐnán) French: pyrane (fr)

Hungarian: pirán Japanese: ピラン (piran) Korean: 피란 (ko) (piran) Spanish: pirano m

See also

• furan

Anagrams

• pryan