Monocycloalkane
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A monocycloalkane is a cycloalkane whose molecule contains only one ring. The number of rings in a cyclic molecule is defined as the minimum number of bonds that must be broken in order to convert the molecule into an open-chain fragment.
eg: Cyclopentane
The minimum number of bonds that must be broken in order to convert cyclopentane into an open-chain fragment is one, meaning the number of rings in cyclopentane is one. Cyclopentane, therefore, is a monocycloalkane.
Monocycloalkanes are by far the most common cycloalkanes. Thus, the term cycloalkane is commonly used to mean monocycloalkane.
see also bicycloalkane, polycycloalkane.