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Answer for the clue "Cyclic compound ", 5 letters:
pyran

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C 5 H 6 O.

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In chemistry , pyran , or oxine , is a six-membered heterocyclic , non-aromatic ring, consisting of five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom and containing two double bonds . The molecular formula is CHO. There are two isomers of pyran that differ by the location ...

Usage examples of pyran.

I must go to Pyran and watch the life ebb slowly from him, praying for him to live, in spite of all his pain and torment, until we can make safe his country.

Djukich, the commander of the Earth forces, was a small man who appeared even smaller before the glowering strength of the Pyran personality.