disrotatory

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What does disrotatory mean?

Describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses

Where does disrotatory come from?

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English rotatory English disrotatory From dis- + rotatory.

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