Dictionary Check: cycloolefin

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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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