Definition of Coumarone

1. Noun. A colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins.

Exact synonyms: Benzofuran, Cumarone
Generic synonyms: Chemical Compound, Compound

Definition of Coumarone

1. Noun. (organic compound) The bicyclic heterocycle benzofuran. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coumarone

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coumarone

coulter
coulterneb
coulternebs
coulters
coulé
coumaphos
coumara nut
coumaranone
coumaric
coumaric acid
coumaric acids
coumaric anhydride
coumarin
coumarin hydroxylase
coumarins
coumarone (current term)
coumarone-indene resin
coumarone resin
coumarones
coumarou
coumarous
coumaroyl
coumaroyls
coumatetralyl
coumestrol
coumetarol
coun
council
council-housed
council board

Literary usage of Coumarone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"The coumarone compounds are produced :— (1) By the action of alcoholic potash ... With bromine it yields a dibromide, melting at 88°. .^-Methyl coumarone ..."

2. Naval Stores: History, Production, Distribution and Consumption by Thomas Gamble (1921)
"Thus with the invention of coumarone resin a certain basis had been established ... The coumarone resin was an inferior substitute, and could not compete ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Sulphuric acid reacts with coumarone in benzene solution, ... coumarone is of interest as, when passed through a red-hot tube with benzene, phenanthrene is ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"coumarone An oil ob- tained from the coal-tar fraction boiling between 105° and ... The dibromide is reduced to coumarone by alcoholic potash and sodium ..."

5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"coumarone and indol should be especially mentioned as the parent sub- ... The coumarone compounds, as their name would imply, are produced : I) By the ..."

6. The Chemical Synthesis of Vital Products and the Interrelations Between by Raphael Meldola (1904)
"168 and 226, 347), and reduction of coumarone in hot alcoholic solution with sodium, ... coumarone also gives o-ethylphenol among the products of its ..."

7. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Consists of a mixture of para-coumarone, para-indene, meta-styrene, etc., depending upon its source. Constants: Specific gravity 1.o5-1.1o; melting-point ..."

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