Definition of Hexylic

1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.

Definition of Hexylic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hexylic

1. hexyl [adj] - See also: hexyl

Medical Definition of Hexylic

1. Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexylic

hexoses
hexosyltransferase
hexosyltransferases
hexoxide
hexoxides
hext
hexulose
hexuloses
hexuronic acid
hexuronic acids
hexyl
hexylamine
hexylcaine
hexylene
hexylenes
hexylic (current term)
hexylresorcinol
hexylresorcinols
hexyls
hexylthiophene
hexyne
hexynoate
hexynoic acid
hexynyl
hey
hey presto
hey rube
hey up
heya
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Literary usage of Hexylic

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 (1867)
"It yields potassic caproate, with disengagement of hydrogen, when heated with caustic potash ; caproic acid standing in the same relation to hexylic alcohol ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"Boiling point 156°. It distils without decomposition. Digestion at 100°, with an alcoholic solution of potash, transforms it into ß hexylic alcohol. ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Ko less than eight isomeric hexylic alcohols have been described, but most of them have been comparatively little studied : 100° (2 12° F.). BP°C. p. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"Its first product is beta-hexylic aldehyd, ... The next products are carbonic acid, water, and butyric acid, thus : — hexylic Aldehyd. Butyric Acid. ..."

5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"Thus— a hexylic alcohol. ... and hexylic alcohols are converted with evolution of hydrogen into buty rate and caproate of sodium, by the action of the ..."

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