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cycloalkane
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thumb|right|Ball-and-stick model of cyclobutane In organic chemistry, the cycloalkanes (also called naphthenes, but distinct from naphthalene) are the monocyclic saturated hydrocarbons. In other words, a cycloalkane consists only of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a structure containing a single ring (possibly with side chains), and all of the carbon-carbon bonds are single. The larger cycloalkanes, with more than 20 carbon atoms are typically called cycloparaffins. All cycloalkanes are isomers of alkenes.
A cycloalkane is a type of organic molecule made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms arranged in a single ring structure, with all carbon-carbon bonds being single bonds. These molecules are important in organic chemistry because they represent a distinct class of saturated hydrocarbons that differ from their chain-based counterparts and serve as building blocks for understanding more complex organic compounds.
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Research
259,937 papers- Transannular C-H functionalization of cycloalkane carboxylic acids.Nature · 2023Kang G, Strassfeld DA, Sheng T et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06000-z
- Cycloalkane degradation by an uncultivated novel genus of Gammaproteobacteria derived from China's marginal seas.Journal of hazardous materials · 2024Cui Z, Li Y, Jing X et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133904
- Cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers provide direct extraction of membrane proteins for CryoEM analysis.Communications biology · 2021Higgins AJ, Flynn AJ, Marconnet A et al.DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02834-3
- Self-Assembly and Wound Healing Activity of Biomimetic Cycloalkane-Based Lipopeptides.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2024Adak A, Castelletto V, Hamley IW et al.DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c14162
- Solubilization and Stabilization of Membrane Proteins by Cycloalkane-Modified Amphiphilic Polymers.Biomacromolecules · 2020Marconnet A, Michon B, Le Bon C et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00929
- Kinetic resolution of trans-cycloalkane-1,2-diols via Steglich esterification.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2010Hrdina R, Müller CE, Schreiner PRDOI: 10.1039/c001075h
- Discovery of bisindolyl-substituted cycloalkane-anellated indoles as novel class of antibacterial agents against S. aureus and MRSA.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters · 2016El-Sayed MT, Suzen S, Altanlar N et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.10.085
- Enantioselective kinetic resolution of trans-cycloalkane-1,2-diols.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2008Müller CE, Wanka L, Jewell K et al.DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800641
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Examples
- Nomenclature
- Properties
- Table of cycloalkanes
- Ring strain
- Synthesis reactions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Ball-and-stick model of cyclobutane In organic chemistry, the cycloalkanes (also called naphthenes, but distinct from naphthalene) are the monocyclic saturated hydrocarbons. In other words, a cycloalkane consists only of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a structure containing a single ring (possibly with side chains), and all of the carbon-carbon bonds are single. The larger cycloalkanes, with more than 20 carbon atoms are typically called cycloparaffins. All cycloalkanes are isomers of alkenes.
The cycloalkanes without side chains (also known as monocycloalkanes) are classified as small (cyclopropane and cyclobutane), common (cyclopentane, cyclohexane, and cycloheptane), medium (cyclooctane through cyclotridecane), and large (all the rest).
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