Thursday, July 7, 2011

alicyclic

alicyclic [ORG CHEM] 1. Having the properties of both aliphatic and cyclic substances.
2. Referring to a class of saturated hydrocarbon compounds whose structures contain
one ring. Also known as cycloaliphatic; cycloalkane.Any one of the compounds of
the alicyclic class. Also known as cyclane.

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