noun
- Organic compounds containing a ring structure with one or more carbon-carbon double bonds; cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbons.
Usage: chemistry; plural form; singular is cycloolefin; technical/specialized term
Examples
- Cycloolefins are used in the production of specialized polymers and resins.
- The chemical properties of cycloolefins make them valuable in organic synthesis.
- Norbornene is one of the most common cycloolefins used in industrial applications.
- Researchers studied the reactivity of various cycloolefins in polymerization reactions.
- Cycloolefins can undergo ring-opening metathesis polymerization to form new materials.