Hydrocarbons, Cyclic
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Organic compounds composed exclusively of carbon and hydrogen forming a closed ring that may be either alicyclic or aromatic. |
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GEN; prefer specifics; used for mapping supplementary chemicals; do not confuse with HYDROCARBONS, ACYCLIC |
Hydrocarbons, Cyclic Categories.
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Bridged Compounds - Cyclic hydrocarbons that contain multiple rings and share one or more atoms. |
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Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic - Organic compounds composed exclusively of carbon and hydrogen. Three or more carbon atoms are arranged in a cyclic structure and they possess aliphatic properties. |
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Hydrocarbons, Aromatic - Organic compounds containing carbon and hydrogen in the form of an unsaturated, usually hexagonal ring structure. The compounds can be single ring, or double, triple, or multiple fused rings. |
Hydrocarbons, Cyclic Definitions and Terms
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