Electrocyclic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Electrocyclic is an adjective meaning (organic chemistry) 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.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) 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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conrotatory, disrotatory, cyclative, metalacyclic, electromeric, conrotary.
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