photocyclization

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English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ cyclization.

Noun

photocyclization (countable and uncountable, plural photocyclizations)

  1. (chemistry, physics) Any intramolecular photochemical process leading to a ring system by formation of one new single bond, either by a concerted process (e.g., electrocyclization) or by multi-step processes such as the Norrish-Yang reaction.