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Definition of Hexane

1. Noun. A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent.

Definition of Hexane

1. n. Any one of five hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.

Definition of Hexane

1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄. They are colorless, volatile liquids. ¹

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Definition of Hexane

1. a volatile liquid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hexane

1. Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colourless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms. Origin: Gr. Six. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexane

Literary usage of Hexane

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The mixture was stirred for 30 min under nitrogen at 0°. The orange- yellow solution was filtered into 180 ml of cold n-hexane with stirring ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1895)
"or only 0-1° higher than the hexane prepared from propyl-iodide, ... The hexane was then treated with a mixture of concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids, ..."

3. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"CHAPTER XXXIX DERIVATIVES OF hexane THE following derivatives of hexane ... merely because it is the only monobasic acid of hexane of pharmaceutic interest. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"In the first case a mixture of normal and iso-hexane was separating rapidly from the pentanes and heptanes in the petroleum ether ; in the second ..."

5. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"If then benzene is a carbo-cyclic compound, as is so strongly indicated by its relationship to cyclo-hexane, the structural formula should express first of ..."

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