Dictionary Check: cycloolefin
"cycloolefin" is a valid word!
Scrabble
21
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Words with Friends
25
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Definition
noun
alkene hydrocarbon which contains a closed ring of carbon atoms, but has no aromatic character.
Example:
"Due to geometrical considerations, smaller cycloalkenes are almost always the cis isomers, and the term cis tends to be omitted from the names."
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