Meanings
nouncyclopropyl (plural cyclopropyls)
plural cyclopropyls
- chemistryThe univalent radical derived from cyclopropane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
- Classical Latincyclicu
- Middle Frenchcyclique
- Frenchcyclique
- Classical Latincyclicus
- Englishcyclic
- Englishcyclo-
- Englishpropane
- Englishcyclopropane
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishcyclopropyl
From cyclopropane + -yl.
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APA
cyclopropyl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropyl
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“cyclopropyl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropyl. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclopropyl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclopropyl.
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