Definition of Alicyclic

1. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds having both aliphatic (chain) and cyclic (ring) structure. ¹

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Definition of Alicyclic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Alicyclic

1. This refers to any aliphatic compound that contains a ring of carbon atoms. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alicyclic

aliasing
aliasings
alibi
alibied
alibies
alibiing
alibility
alibis
alible
alicant
alicants
alickadoo
alickadoos
alicorn
alicycle
alicyclic (current term)
alicyclic compound
alicyclic compounds
alidad
alidade
alidades
alidads
alien
alien abduction
alien absconder
alien nucleic acid
alienabilities
alienability
alienable
alienably

Literary usage of Alicyclic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1892)
"This characteristic effect is produced by all -the alicyclic hydro-bases of the ... In such a case the aromatic or alicyclic nature of a base can be ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"(" The Chemistry of the alicyclic Compounds"). By OSSIAN ASCHAN. Braunschweig : Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. 1905. THE name suggested by Bamberger for those ..."

3. A Compendium of Chemistry by Carl Arnold (1904)
"The formation of alicyclic compounds (p. 327) with 6 C atoms in the ring may, ... 463) also belong to the alicyclic compounds, also certain aliphatic ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"However, the existence of such a barrier to free rotation in ethane implied that such barriers existed for aliphatic and alicyclic compounds in general. ..."

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