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Definition of Pyran
1. Noun. (chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C5H6O. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyran
1. a chemical compound [n -S] : PYRANOID [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyran
Literary usage of Pyran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"That a change in molecular configuration must accompany rupture of the pyran ring
was inferred from the absence of thermochromism in the sterically blocked ..."
2. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"... menthane; pyran, pyran; Urethan, urethan. An., abbrev. (Anmerkung) note, remark.
analog, a. analogous. Analogon, n. analog. Analysator, m. ..."
3. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"-Since a pyran bounded by planes, the problem into determining the line of ii
tween two planes ... Determine the l the edges of the given pyran given plane. ..."