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  • adjective of a chemical compound having a ring with six members

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  • For example, a nucleic acid is found, in the cells of yeast, which lacks thymine, one of the four nitrogen-containing groups, and which instead of the 6-membered carbohydrate ring contains one with 5 members.

    Albrecht Kossel - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • The theme of the 5 and 6-membered carbon rings found in Buckyballs repeats across the walls, but the complete structure is only realised in a sculpture suspended above a floor-mounted drawing of a "Primordial Play Pond" teeming with fantastical life.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

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