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benzene
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Benzene is an important organic chemical compound with the chemical formula C H . The benzene molecule is composed of 6 carbon atoms joined in a ring with 1 hydrogen atom attached to each. Because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms, benzene is classed ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1835, benzine , altered from German Benzin , coined in 1833 by German chemist Eilhardt Mitscherlich (1794-1863) from Benz(oesäure) "benzoic acid" + -in , indicating "derived from" (see -ine (2)). Mitscherlich obtained it from a distillation of benzoic acid, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: benzine , benzol ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Benzene \Ben"zene\, n. [From Benzoin .] (Chem.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6 , contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C 6 H 6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.
Usage examples of benzene.
Living human stuff was only a business of benzene rings and side-chains, just like his dyes!
Then the gummy organic residue is dissolved in the combined benzene extracts.
The benzene solution is washed with water and dried over sodium sulfate.
The benzene solution is transferred to a distilling flask, and the benzene is removed under diminished pressure.
Benzoline is not the same as benzene or benzol, which is one of the products of the dry distillation of coal.
Crystal shivers poured down from the chandelier, the mantelpiece mirror was cracked into stars, plaster dust flew, spent cartridges bounced over the floor, window-panes shattered, benzene spouted from the bullet-pierced primus.
Then he splashed down some benzene, and this benzene caught fire by itself, throwing a wave of flame up to the very ceiling.
But the perfidious Behemoth doused the confectionery counter with benzene from his primus, as one douses a bench in a bathhouse widi a tub of water, and it blazed up of itself.
The salesgirls dashed shrieking from behind die counters, and as soon as diey came from behind them, die linen curtains on the windows blazed up and the benzene on die floor ignited.
Perhaps there was a solution to all this, a solution as perfect, elegant, and obvious as the benzene ring.
In 1865 the most pressing and puzzling problem in organic structural chemistry was the nature of the benzene molecule.
On awakening and recalling this dream fragment, Kekule realized instantly that the solution to the benzene problem was a hexagonal ring of carbon atoms rather than a straight chain.
In the tank where the benzene solution of peptide derivatives sprayed in tiny bubbles into a water phase, the mixture acted wrong.
Mixed with organic solvents like carbon disulfide or benzene, it can be very toxic.
The latter dreamt one night of a snake rolling its tail in its mouth, and woke with the structure of the benzene ring.