A special structure in organic chemistry containing single carbon bonded ring(s); cyclic alkanes. A way to imagine a cyclic alkane is to take a simple alkane chain, CH3(CH2)nCH3, and have the two terminal methyl groups meet, bending the chain, creating a ring. The shape of ring is completely dependent on the number of carbon atoms the ring contains. Example: cyclopropane (three carbons, therefore three vertices) is a triangle. Cyclohexane (6) would be a hexagon (on a plane, in space however the joints are kinked).
cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclohexane, cycloalkanes
by DaraDDS May 30, 2009
1. An equation with one or more variables relating with their respective derivative(s) at different magnitudes.
2. Differential Equations is a college course used for Math, Physics, Engineering, etc. majors
2. Differential Equations is a college course used for Math, Physics, Engineering, etc. majors
by DaraDDS January 16, 2009