-etane

Morpheme

-etane

Type

suffix

Denotation

chemical suffix naming saturated four-membered ring heterocycles

Etymology

coinage by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) from Tetr

Evidence

dioxetane, oxetane, phosphetane, thietane

Notes

Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature

See Also

-etidine, Tetr