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ring compound

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noun

Chemistry.

  1. a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound.

Etymology

Origin of ring compound

First recorded in 1930–35

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ACRIDINE, C13H9N, in chemistry, a heterocyclic ring compound found in crude coal-tar anthracene.

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