Meanings
verbcyclize (third-person singular simple present cyclizes, present participle cyclizing, simple past and past participle cyclized)
present singular third person cyclizes · participle present cyclizing · participle past cyclized · past cyclized · alternative cyclise
- ambitransitivechemistryTo undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.
Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.
2012, Donald S. Matteson, Stereodirected Synthesis with Organoboranes, page 96
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Englishcyclize
Translations
Catalan ciclitzar
- ciclitzarto undergo a reaction
French cycliser
- cycliserto undergo a reaction
German cyclisieren
- cyclisierento undergo a reaction
Korean 고리화하다
- 고리화하다 (gorihwahada)to undergo a reaction
Spanish ciclizar
- ciclizarto undergo a reaction
Cite this entry
APA
cyclize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclize
MLA
“cyclize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclize.
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