electrocyclic

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English

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Etymology

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From electro- +‎ cyclic.

Adjective

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electrocyclic (not comparable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds