Medical Definition of Homocyclic compound

1. Any compound in which the constituent atoms, or any part of them, form a ring. Used mainly in organic chemistry where: 1) numerous compound's contain rings of carbon atoms (carbocyclic compound's) or carbon atoms plus one or more atoms of other types (heterocyclic compound's), usually nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; 2) where the atoms in the ring are all of the same element (homocyclic or isocyclic compound); 3) where the ring is saturated or contains nonconjugated double bonds (alicyclic compound), the compound is similar in properties to the corresponding acyclic compound (e.g., cyclohexane resembles hexane); 4) where the ring contains conjugated double bonds in a closed loop in which there are 4n + 2 (where n is an integer) delocalised π electrons (Huckel's rule) (aromatic compound; e.g., benzene, pyridine), it is more stable than the corresponding saturated ring and exhibits unusual chemical properties characteristic of itself and not of other types of rings or of acyclic compound's. These aromatic compounds have the ability to sustain an induced ring current. Synonym: closed chain compound, ring compound. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homocyclic Compound

homochromous
homochromy
homochronous
homocitrate synthase
homocitrullinuria
homocladic
homoclinic
homoconjugation
homoconjugations
homocoupling
homocouplings
homocycle
homocyclic
homocyclic compound (current term)
homocysteine
homocysteine cystathionine gamma-synthase
homocysteine desulfhydrase
homocysteinemia
homocysteines
homocystinaemia
homocystine
homocystinuria
homocystinurias
homocytotropic
homocytotropic antibody
homodemic
homodermic
homodermy

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