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cheletropic

cheletropic adjective: describing a pericyclic addition reaction across the terminal atoms of a fully conjugated system in which two new single bonds are formed with a single atom of the reactant.

Adjective

cheletropic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a pericyclic addition reaction across the terminal atoms of a fully conjugated system in which two new single bonds are formed with a single atom of the reactant.
    Synonyms:
    chelotropic

Synonyms of cheletropic

Origin of cheletropic

From Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ) + + -tropic.

Questions about cheletropic

What does cheletropic mean?
Cheletropic means describing a pericyclic addition reaction across the terminal atoms of a fully conjugated system in which two new single bonds are formed with a single atom of the reactant.
What part of speech is cheletropic?
Cheletropic is an adjective.

Words near cheletropic in the dictionary

  1. chelengk
  2. chelengks
  3. chelerythrine
  4. chelerythryne
  5. chelethrine
  6. cheletropic
  7. Chelette
  8. Chelettes
  9. chelev
  10. chelex
  11. chelexed

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