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Acyclic vs Transannulation - What's the difference?

acyclic | transannulation |

As an adjective acyclic

is (chemistry) not cyclic; having an open chain structure.

As a noun transannulation is

(organic chemistry) any reaction in which one type of ring system (especially a heterocycle) is converted into a different one, normally via an acyclic intermediate.

acyclic

English

(wikipedia acyclic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chemistry) not cyclic; having an open chain structure
  • (graph theory) not cyclic

    • Synonyms

    * loopless

    Antonyms

    * cyclic

    See also

    * aliphatic

    transannulation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any reaction in which one type of ring system (especially a heterocycle) is converted into a different one, normally via an acyclic intermediate