cyclize

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cycle +‎ -ize

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cyclize (third-person singular simple present cyclizes, present participle cyclizing, simple past and past participle cyclized)

  1. (chemistry, transitive, intransitive) To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.
    • 2012, Donald S. Matteson, Stereodirected Synthesis with Organoboranes, page 96:
      Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.

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