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disrotatory

disrotatory adjective: describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses.

Adjective

disrotatory (not comparable)

  1. Describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses
    Synonyms:
    suprafacial

Synonyms of disrotatory

Antonyms

Origin of disrotatory

From dis- + rotatory.

Questions about disrotatory

What does disrotatory mean?
Disrotatory means describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses.
What part of speech is disrotatory?
Disrotatory is an adjective.

Words near disrotatory in the dictionary

  1. disroot
  2. disrooted
  3. disrooting
  4. disroots
  5. disrotary
  6. disrotatory
  7. disruly
  8. disrupt
  9. disruptability
  10. disruptable
  11. disruptably

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