Title: cycloalkanes
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - cycloalkanes
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01497
Status: current

Definition
Saturated monocyclic hydrocarbons (with or without side chains), e.g. cyclobutane. Unsaturated monocyclic hydrocarbons having one endocyclic double or one triple bond are called cycloalkenes and cycloalkynes, respectively. Those having more than one such multiple bond are cycloalkadienes, cycloalkatrienes, etc. The inclusive terms for any cyclic hydrocarbons having any number of such multiple bonds are cyclic olefins or cyclic acetylenes. 

Related Terms
- acetylenes: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00066
- alicyclic compounds: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00216
- hydrocarbons: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/H02889
- olefins: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/O04281

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1330 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)

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Citation: Citation: 'cycloalkanes' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C01497
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