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Ring-shaped peptides offer several advantages over their open-chain counterparts.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

These compounds retain their aliphatic nature, and are best classified with open-chain compounds, into which, in general, they are readily converted.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

In common with many other polyatomic open-chain alcohols, they generally possess a characteristic sweet, or mildly sweetish, taste.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

However, the ordinary aldehyde reactions of the sugars are more clearly indicated by the open-chain formula.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Classification.—It is convenient to distinguish between aliphatic and aromatic acids; the first named being derived from open-chain hydrocarbons, the second from ringed hydrocarbon nuclei.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg