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cyclopropanation

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  • noun organic chemistry Any reaction that introduces a cyclopropane ring into a compound

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  • M. tuberculosis synthesised shorter mycolic acids with almost a complete loss of trans-cyclopropanation of oxygenated mycolic acids that resulted in increased susceptibility to lipophilic antibiotics

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

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