cyclophane

English

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “this is the base of analogy for all -phanes afaik. Is it from -φανής (-phanḗs)?”

By surface analysis, cyclo- +‎ -phane.

Noun

cyclophane (plural cyclophanes)

1. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon consisting an aromatic unit (typically a benzene ring) and an aliphatic chain that forms a bridge between two positions of the aromatic ring; more complex derivatives (the superphanes) with multiple aromatic units and bridges forming cagelike structures are known.
2. (organic chemistry) Any cyclic structure used as a base phane in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds

Derived terms

• azacyclophane
• crownophane
• cyclobutaphane
• cycloheptaphane
• cyclohexaphane
• cyclopentaphane
• cyclopropaphane
• metacyclophane
• paracyclophane