cyclo-

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01495
  1. A prefix used in names to designate a ring structure, usually italicized in inorganic, but not in organic nomenclature. Examples:
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    Sources:
    Blue Book, p. 497 [Terms] [Book]
    Red Book, 3rd ed., p. 245 [Terms] [Book]
    See also:
    Blue Book Guide, p. 30 [Terms] [Book]
  2. The prefix for an @[email protected] or some part thereof indicating that the bonds undergoing primitive changes form part of a ring in the @[email protected] of a @[email protected] process.
    Source:
    PAC, 1989, 61, 23. (System for symbolic representation of reaction mechanisms (Recommendations 1988)) on page 34 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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