Definitions
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- adjective of a chemical compound having a ring with five members
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Examples
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The dark blue copper ion is bonded in a cavity between two imidazole groups (the five-membered rings) and two yellow sulphur atoms.
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Some chemists were convinced the structure contained two five-membered rings connected by a single bond, known as a thiazolidine-oxazolone.
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Others were equally sure it was a four-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring, known as a beta lactam.
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The natural antibiotic, cephalosporin C, loses on hydrolysis an acetyl group to give the more stable Cc molecule with the carboxyl group combined in a five-membered lactone ring.
Nobel Lecture The X-Ray Analysis Of Complicated Molecules 1964
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Of the 20 naturally occuring amino acids, proline is the only one that has a cyclic side chain, forming a five-membered ring that includes the backbone nitrogen.
WN.com - Articles related to 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers 2010
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Of the 20 naturally occuring amino acids, proline is the only one that has a cyclic side chain, forming a five-membered ring that includes the backbone nitrogen.
WN.com - Articles related to 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers 2010
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Of the 20 naturally occuring amino acids, proline is the only one that has a cyclic side chain, forming a five-membered ring that includes the backbone nitrogen.
WN.com - Articles related to 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers 2010
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Of the 20 naturally occuring amino acids, proline is the only one that has a cyclic side chain, forming a five-membered ring that includes the backbone nitrogen.
WN.com - Articles related to 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers 2010
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Of the 20 naturally occuring amino acids, proline is the only one that has a cyclic side chain, forming a five-membered ring that includes the backbone nitrogen.
WN.com - Articles related to 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers 2010
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Of the 20 naturally occuring amino acids, proline is the only one that has a cyclic side chain, forming a five-membered ring that includes the backbone nitrogen.
WN.com - Articles related to 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers 2010
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