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Etymology
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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)?”
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By surface analysis, cyclo- + -phane.
Noun
cyclophane (plural cyclophanes)
- (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.
- (organic chemistry) Any cyclic structure used as a base phane in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds
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