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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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The dianion 48 is unlikely to cyclize, but cyclization could occur after proton transfer from another molecule of 44, thereby forming the enolate 49 which will not undergo any reduction.
The 2-aminophenoxy groups predispose the oligomers to cyclize as amic acids, and to remain as cyclics on imidization.
The photochromic dyes cyclize smoothly in polar organic solvents and water upon UV light irradiation while undergo fading under visible light.
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.
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.

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