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What does cyclize mean?

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  1. (chemistry) To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.
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This interesting work shows that exactly the right purified solution of linear organic molecules can cyclize under the right conditions to present activated nucleotides.
The 2-aminophenoxy groups predispose the oligomers to cyclize as amic acids, and to remain as cyclics on imidization.
On the other hand, seco-acid derivative having tertiary alcohol at C8 was predicted not to cyclize to form macrolactone.
The biradical can revert to the starting material, cyclize to give a cyclobutanol derivative, or in our case, fragment to an alkene and an enol component.
These extensions, called cohesive ends, are complementary and enable the chromosome to cyclize in an infected cell.
Four molecules of this porphyrin precursor cyclize and undergo several side-chain modifications to yield the tetrapyrrole protoporphyrin.

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