bicyclic
English
Etymology
Adjective
bicyclic (not comparable)
- Having two cycles.
- (chemistry) Having two rings of atoms in the molecule; the rings may be fused, as in naphthalene, or separate, as in biphenyl.
- 2003, Journal of the American Chemical Society[1], volume 125, page 134:
- […] substitution of a carboxylate would be expected to destabilize the dritterionic mesomer that contributes to the singlet valence bond description as the benzyne geometry becomes more bicyclic.
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Related terms
Noun
bicyclic (plural bicyclics)