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electrocyclic

electrocyclic adjective: describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds.

Adjective

electrocyclic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds

Origin of electrocyclic

From electro- + cyclic.

Questions about electrocyclic

What does electrocyclic mean?
Electrocyclic means describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds.
What part of speech is electrocyclic?
Electrocyclic is an adjective.

Words near electrocyclic in the dictionary

  1. electrocutions
  2. electrocutor
  3. electrocutors
  4. electrocuvette
  5. electrocuvettes
  6. electrocyclic
  7. electrocyclisation
  8. electrocyclisations
  9. electrocyclization
  10. electrocyclizations
  11. electrocystography

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