cyclize
verbEtymology From cycle + -ize.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Ambitransitive To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.
- Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.2012, Donald S. Matteson, Stereodirected Synthesis with Organoboranes, page 96:
- Derived terms
- cyclizable, cyclization, decyclizing, recyclize