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heptacyclic

heptacyclic adjective: formed of seven rings.

Adjective

heptacyclic (not comparable)

  1. Formed of seven rings
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
      Reaction of quadricyclane with Smith’s diene produces the hexacyclic structure 8, while controlled Mitsudo cycloaddition of DMAD onto 8 can be used to form the heptacyclic system 9.

Origin of heptacyclic

From hepta- + cyclic.

Questions about heptacyclic

What does heptacyclic mean?
Heptacyclic means formed of seven rings.
What part of speech is heptacyclic?
Heptacyclic is an adjective.

Words near heptacyclic in the dictionary

  1. heptacosanoic
  2. heptacosanoic acid
  3. heptacosanoic acids
  4. heptacosene
  5. heptacosenes
  6. heptacyclic
  7. heptad
  8. heptade
  9. heptadec-
  10. heptadeca-
  11. heptadecad

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