Epoxides derived from
arenes by 1,2-addition of an oxygen atom to a formal double bond, e.g. 5,6-epoxycyclohexa-1,3-diene.
(Common usage has extended the term to include examples with the epoxy group bridging nonadjacent atoms.)
Source: PAC, 1995,
67, 1307. (
Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1318 [
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