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photocyclization

photocyclization noun: any intramolecular photochemical process leading to a ring system by formation of one new single bond, either by a concerted process (e.g., electrocyclization) or by multi-step processes such as the Norrish-Yang reaction.

Noun

photocyclization (countable and uncountable, plural photocyclizations)

  1. Any intramolecular photochemical process leading to a ring system by formation of one new single bond, either by a concerted process (e.g., electrocyclization) or by multi-step processes such as the Norrish-Yang reaction.

Forms of photocyclization

pluralphotocyclizations

Origin of photocyclization

From photo- + cyclization.

Questions about photocyclization

What does photocyclization mean?
Photocyclization means any intramolecular photochemical process leading to a ring system by formation of one new single bond, either by a concerted process (e.g., electrocyclization) or by multi-step processes such as the Norrish-Yang reaction.
What part of speech is photocyclization?
Photocyclization is a noun.
What is the plural of photocyclization?
The plural of photocyclization is photocyclizations.

Words near photocyclization in the dictionary

  1. photocycle
  2. photocycled
  3. photocycles
  4. photocyclic
  5. photocycling
  6. photocyclization
  7. photocyclizations
  8. photocycloaddition
  9. photocycloadditions
  10. photocyclodehydrogenation
  11. photocyclodehydrogenations

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