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Adjective

exocyclic
  1. (of a cyclic compound) not forming part of, or not attached to the ring

Extensive Definition

See for an example isotoluene.

Cycloalkenes

Moncyclic Cycloalkenes are cyclobutene, cyclopropene and cyclohexene.
The placement of double bonds in many alicyclic compounds can be predicted with Bredt's Rule.

References

exocyclic in Arabic: مركب أليفاتي حلقي
exocyclic in Persian: ترکیب‌های آلیسیلیک
exocyclic in Hebrew: תרכובת אליציקלית
exocyclic in Portuguese: Composto alicíclico
exocyclic in Chinese: 脂环族化合物
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