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Definition of Toluene

1. Noun. A colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels.

Definition of Toluene

1. n. A hydrocarbon, C₆H₅.CH₃, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc.

Definition of Toluene

1. Noun. (organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH₃.C₆H₅, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds. ¹

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Definition of Toluene

1. a flammable liquid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Toluene

1. A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colourless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc. Synonym: methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc. Origin: Tolu + benzene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Toluene

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"As in the monochloro case, the resolution of the spectra in ether and toluene solutions of this radical decreased as the temperature was lowered. ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"These enigmatical results were explained by Beilstein and Geitner,6 who observed that the action of chlorine on toluene varies according to the temperature ..."

3. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Uses of toluene: One of the chief uses of toluene is found in the manufacture ... These are prepared by nitrating toluene. Both the di-nitro-toluene and the ..."

4. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"Pure toluene.—Whilst it is possible to manufacture benzene sufficiently pure for the highest requirements of colour-makers by double rectification and ..."

5. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Uses of toluene: One of the chief uses of toluene is found in the manufacture ... These are prepared by nitrating toluene. Both the di-nitro-toluene and the ..."

6. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1916)
"This is quite natural, because of the fatty radicals present in the molecule. Thus, when oxidized, toluene yields benzoic acid, ..."

7. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The bromination of toluene at sufficient dilution is a monomolecular reaction, substitution in the ring and side chain being independent, ..."

8. Organic Chemistry by William Henry Perkin (1907)
"Commercial toluene is invariably impure, and when shaken with concentrated sulphuric acid it colours the acid brown or black. It may be purified by repeated ..."

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