Describing organic compounds with azo groups (nitrogen-nitrogen bonds) incorporated into a ring structure.
From 'azo-' (N=N group) plus 'cyclic' (from Greek 'kyklos,' meaning circle or ring). Describes a structural feature where nitrogen-nitrogen bonds are part of a closed molecular ring.
Azocyclic compounds can have completely different properties from their open-chain cousins—rings create trapped electron systems that change how the molecule absorbs light and interacts with other substances, making them useful for specialized dyes and semiconductors.
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