Polyalicyclic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having many alicyclic rings not-comparable
"Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Cycloaddition results obtained with alkene 5 are a better guide to reactivity than those obtained from Smith’s diene (4), as it is the dihydro subunit in 5 which is present in those other polyalicyclic systems produced by catalyzed cycloaddition of DMAD onto norbornene end groups."
Example
More examples"Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Cycloaddition results obtained with alkene 5 are a better guide to reactivity than those obtained from Smith’s diene (4), as it is the dihydro subunit in 5 which is present in those other polyalicyclic systems produced by catalyzed cycloaddition of DMAD onto norbornene end groups."
Etymology
From poly- + alicyclic.
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