Definition of Methanes

1. Noun. (organic compounds) Derivatives of methane. (plural of methane) ¹

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Definition of Methanes

1. methane [n] - See also: methane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methanes

methanamides
methanation
methanations
methandienone
methandriol
methandrostenolone
methane
methane clathrate
methane clathrates
methane hydrate
methane hydrates
methane monooxygenase
methane rain
methane series
methanelike
methanes (current term)
methanesulfonamide
methanesulfonate
methanesulfonates
methanesulfonic acid
methanesulfonic acid monooxygenase
methanesulphonate
methanesulphonates
methanesulphonic acid
methanethiol
methanethiols
methanethiosulfonate
methanethiosulfonates
methanethiosulphonate
methaniferous

Literary usage of Methanes

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

1. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"... methanes At the very beginning of our study we stated that when methane gas is acted upon by chlorine in the sunlight a mixture of four products is ..."

2. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"856):— result from the oxidation of the phenyl tolyl methanes or phenyl- tolyl ketones, and can be synthesized by ..."

3. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"CO,H, result from the oxidation of the phenyl tolyl methanes or phenyl- tolyl ketones, and can be synthesized by the methods given upon p. ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1900)
"The remainder as methanes. No trace of benzenes. At least 75 per cent. of heptane, and homo- logues. The remainder apparently ethenes, ..."

5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"Benzyl Toluenes, Phenyl Tolyl methanes, C,H5 . CH,. C6H4. CH3.—A liquid mixture of o- and ... Amido-diphenyl methanes.—o-Amido-diphenyl Methane is a liquid. ..."

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