Definition of Phenylene

1. n. A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine.

Definition of Phenylene

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phenylene

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phenylene

1. A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenylene

phenylaniline
phenylarsenious acid
phenylarsonic acid
phenylated
phenylbenzene
phenylbutanoic
phenylbutanoic acid
phenylbutazone
phenylbutazones
phenylbutyrate
phenylcarbinol
phenylcarbinols
phenylcyclohexylpiperidine
phenyldichloroarsine
phenyldichloroarsines
phenylene (current term)
phenylenediamine
phenylenediamines
phenylenedicarbene
phenylenes
phenylenevinylene
phenylenevinylenes
phenylephedrine
phenylephrine
phenylephrine hydrochloride
phenylephrines
phenylethanolamine n-methyltransferase
phenylethyl alcohol
phenylethylamine
phenylethylamine oxidase

Literary usage of Phenylene

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"Alpha-phenylene-diamine when freshly distilled is s «lightly coloured heavy ... A solution of ß-phenylene-diamine in sulphuric acid mixed with peroxide of ..."

2. The Fundamental Processes of Dye Chemistry by Hans Eduard Fierz-David (1921)
"The combination of the sparingly soluble diazo compound with the wi-phenylene-diamine sulphonic acid, described on p. 46, affords the cheapest chrome-brown ..."

3. Electrolysis and Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds by Walther Löb (1898)
"Folsing obtained p-phenylene-diamine by the electrolytic reduction of ... From the electrolysis of benzene-p-phenylene-diamine 1 Ztschr. f. angew. ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"... the o-phenylenediamines with sulphurous acid (B. 22, 2895): CH = CH—C—NH, CH = CH—C—N CH = CH—C—NH, CH = CH—C—Ni |, + SO, > i || |>S o-phenylene Diamine ..."

5. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"... C8H,.,N,, which in their properties and chemical deportment bear a great resemblance to phenylene-diamine, ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"(H4< Di-amino Benzenes, phenylene Di-amines, NH, When di-nitro benzene is reduced we obtain di-amino benzene. C,H/ +H -^» CH/ /NO, ..."

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