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Definition of Menthene
1. n. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling taste.
Definition of Menthene
1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of a number of isomeric cyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons having a single double bond ¹
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Definition of Menthene
1. a liquid hydrocarbon [n -S]
Medical Definition of Menthene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Menthene
Literary usage of Menthene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"The Synthesis and Constitutions of Menthol and menthene. ... Now, when we dehydrate
menthol, a hydrocarbon, d-menthene, is formed. ..."
2. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"menthene GROUP The tetra-hydro cymene containing one double bond or ethylene
group is known as menthene or a terpene, while the di-hydro cymene containing ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon; Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1905)
"menthene, CH2 . CH<2 ' 5? C . dH-. — This is formed C/H.2 . from menthol, C10H^O,
by treating it with sulphuric acid, phosphorus pentoxide, or anhydrous ..."
4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"... which is an extremely unstable substance, decomposing even at the ordinary
atmospheric temperature. menthene is a hydrocarbon produced by the action ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"This essence, when distilled with phosphoric anhydride, yields a hydrocarbon
termed menthene, ... menthene ..."
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