Question: Although epoxides are always considered to have their oxygen atom as part of a threemembered ring, the prefix epoxy in the IUPAC system of nomenclature

Although epoxides are always considered to have their oxygen atom as part of a threemembered ring, the prefix epoxy in the IUPAC system of nomenclature can be used to denote a cyclic ether of various sizes.

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