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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
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Definition of Hexylic
1. hexyl [adj] - See also: hexyl
Medical Definition of Hexylic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexylic
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 ..."