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Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Cycloheptanes > Azulenes
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Preferred term

Azulenes  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bicyclo(5.3.0)Decapentaenes

Scope note

  • Compounds based on a seven-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring. Heat can rearrange them to NAPHTHALENES which have two fused six-membered rings. They are similar to guaiazulenes which are SESQUITERPENES with a six-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D052176

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