alicyclic compound

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Noun 1. alicyclic compound - an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms
aliphatic compound - organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative
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The heterocycles and their derivatives constitute a class of cyclic compounds in which one or more carbon atoms of a reference carbocycle (e.g., cyclohexane, benzene, cyclopentane, and cyclopentadiene) are replaced by a heteroatom.
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In the gas-phase, semibullvalene 2 was characterized as the first example of a neutral homoaromatic carbocycle and subsequently 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene was demonstrated to be homoaromatic in the condensedphase.
Neutral homoaromaticity--the synthesis and study of some annelated semibullvalenes

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