Definition of Carbocyclic

1. Adjective. Having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Partainyms: Carbon

Definition of Carbocyclic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) describing a ring, all of whose atoms are carbon ¹

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Definition of Carbocyclic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbocyclic

carboards
carbobenzoxy
carboborite
carbocation
carbocationic
carbocations
carbocernaite
carbochemistry
carbochlorination
carbochol
carbocisteine
carbocyanine
carbocyanines
carbocycle
carbocycles
carbocyclic (current term)
carbocyclic compound
carbocysteine
carbodiimide
carbodiimides
carboethoxy
carbofuran
carbogenic
carbohelicene
carbohemoglobin
carbohydrase
carbohydrases
carbohydrate
carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome
carbohydrate-induced hyperlipaemia

Literary usage of Carbocyclic

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

1. The Medical student's manual of chemistry by Rudolph August Witthaus (1906)
"carbocyclic COMPOUNDS. carbocyclic compounds are known containing from ... The mononuclear carbocyclic hydrocarbons have algebraic formula varying from C ..."

2. Text-book of Chemistry: Inorganic and Organic, with Toxicology; for Students by Rudolph August Witthaus (1919)
"carbocyclic compounds are known containing from three to seven carbon atoms in a ring. ... The mononuclear carbocyclic hydrocarbons have algebraic for- ..."

3. Investigations of Infra-red Spectra by William Weber Coblentz (1905)
"CLASS II: carbocyclic COMPOUNDS. In this class the carbon atoms are joined in a closed chain or ring. To it belong the methylene hydrocarbons of the ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1922)
"CHAPTER XIV carbocyclic COMPOUNDS The compounds thus far dealt with may all be derived from marsh gas, or they are methane derivatives. ..."

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