cyclizev.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Cyclize v.t.

1942 G. Egloff et al. Isomerization of Pure Hydrocarbons vi. 170 1,1,3,3-Tetraphenylbutene cyclized at 215° in the presence of ‘Floridin’.

1942 G. Egloff et al. Isomerization of Pure Hydrocarbons vi. 171 The other form, when treated in the same manner, cyclized into 1-benzyl-2, 3-diphenylindane.

1949 H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xxviii. 958 Attempts to cyclize this compound.

1909 Chem. News 16 July 24/2 The cyclisation of ketone acids always occurs at one of the carbon atoms near the ketone function. Cyclic chains containing C₅ and C₆ are most easily formed.

1933 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. ii. 1111 The cyclisation of aromatic compounds in which a cyclic system forms part of an unsaturated side chain.

1967 M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens viii. 117 A similar pathway, but with reduction instead of cyclization, could explain the synthesis of fatty acids.

1936 Nature 7 Mar. 411/2 Open ‘cyclised’ polypeptides.

1954 Archit. Rev. 115 356/1 Cyclized (or isomerized) rubber is mostly used for paints which are required to withstand steam and condensation and is thus most commonly used in kitchens and bathrooms.