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Pine-tar hydrocarbon
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retene
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Retene , methyl isopropyl phenanthrene or 1-methyl-7-isopropyl phenanthrene, CH, is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon present in the coal tar fraction, boiling above 360 °C. It occurs naturally in the tars obtained by the distillation of resinous woods ...
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n. (context organic compound English) A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.
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Retene \Ret"ene\, n. [Gr. ??? pine resin.] (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.