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cyclohexane
[ sahy-kluh-hek-seyn, sik-luh- ]
noun
- a colorless, pungent, flammable liquid, C 6 H 12 , composed of a ring of six methylene groups, derived from crude petroleum by distillation or from benzene by hydrogenation: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of adipic acid.
cyclohexane
/ ˌsaɪkləʊˈhɛkseɪn; ˌsɪk- /
noun
- a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C 6 H 12
cyclohexane
/ ī′kō-ĕ′′ /
- An extremely flammable, colorless liquid hydrocarbon obtained from petroleum and benzene. It is used to make nylon and as a solvent, paint remover, and varnish remover. Chemical formula: C 6 H 12 .
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cyclohexane1
Example Sentences
The excess emissions included cyclohexane and isopropanol; the latter has been deemed an eye, skin and respiratory irritant.
The physical chemists bubbled ozone through neat cyclohexane while shining UV light on it at room temperature and pressure.
Today, adipic acid is produced by opening cyclohexane using large volumes of nitric acid, a process that emits the ozone-depleting greenhouse gas nitrous oxide.
Industrial adipic acid production first oxidises cyclohexane to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone at high temperatures and pressures.
They optimised the cyclohexane to adipic acid conversion yield to 75% by getting a brighter lamp, letting the reaction run longer and adding weak acid.
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