Definition of Hexylenes

1. Noun. (plural of hexylene) ¹

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Definition of Hexylenes

1. hexylene [n] - See also: hexylene

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexylenes

hexosephosphate isomerase
hexoses
hexosyltransferase
hexosyltransferases
hexoxide
hexoxides
hext
hexulose
hexuloses
hexuronic acid
hexuronic acids
hexyl
hexylamine
hexylcaine
hexylene
hexylenes (current term)
hexylic
hexylresorcinol
hexylresorcinols
hexyls
hexylthiophene
hexyne
hexynoate
hexynoic acid
hexynyl
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Literary usage of Hexylenes

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

1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Pechelbronn petroleum, according to Le Bel, contains two isomeric hexylenes, one of which combines with hydrochloric acid in the cold, and the other on ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"... L. hexylenes from tertiary hexyl alcohols (abst.), i, 251 : See also Beilstein, F. JAY, [M]. Influence of sugar on the determination of urea in urine ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1879)
"The following seemed capable of determining whether the third is also produced. By the abstraction of hydrochloric acid three hexylenes might be formed ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"Two hexylenes have been found in the products of the distillation of pitch from Pechelbronn, possessing the same properties as those from petroleum.2 ..."

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