Definition of Ethylbenzene

1. Noun. (organic compound) The hydrocarbon C6H5-CH2CH3 that is used in the production of styrene ¹

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Definition of Ethylbenzene

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethylbenzene

ethyl mercaptan
ethyl mercury
ethyl methanesulfonate
ethyl oxide
ethyl radical
ethyl salicylate
ethylacetate
ethylamine
ethylaniline
ethylate
ethylated
ethylates
ethylating
ethylation
ethylations
ethylbenzene (current term)
ethylbenzenehydroperoxide
ethylbenzenes
ethylbenzoylecgonine
ethylbenztropine
ethylcellulose
ethyldichloroarsine
ethyldimethylaminopropyl carbodiimide
ethylene
ethylene-vinyl acetate
ethylene chlorohydrin
ethylene diamine tetra acetate
ethylene dibromide
ethylene dichlorides
ethylene glycol

Literary usage of Ethylbenzene

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1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"... while the ethylbenzene yields the dibromo-compound, which, as already stated, is extremely soluble in petroleum spirit; this is freed as completely as ..."

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