hexanen.
/ˈhɛkseɪn/, U.S. /ˈhɛkˌseɪn/ Chemistry.
The paraffin of the hexacarbon series, C6H14; of this there are five forms.
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hexane1877
1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 48 Normal Hexane or Dipropyl occurs in the light oils of Boghead and Cannel coal, and abundantly in Pennsylvanian petroleum.
1897 I. Remsen Princ. Theoret. Chem. (ed. 5) 208 Five hexanes are possible according to the theory, and all of them are known..Normal hexane is formed when normal propyliodide is heated with sodium.
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hexaˈnoic adj. = caproic adj.
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1926 Chem. Abstr. 20 4598/1 Hexanoic acid, see Caproic acid.
1927 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 49 1828 (heading) Some bromine derivatives of pentanoic and hexanoic acids.
ˈhexanoyl n. [-oyl suffix] the radical C5H11CO— of hexanoic acid; also called caproyl.
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sulphydryl1901
phytyl1911
pantoyl1942
ribosyl1945
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hexanoyl1949
thiol1951
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lipoyl1960
1949 Union Internat. Chim. pure et appl., Compt. Rend. XV. 144 Rule 58.3. The Commission [of nomenclature of organic chemistry]..recommends that the carboxyl carbon be always numbered as 1 whether the name be a Geneva name or a trivial name, but not when it is a ‘carbonyl’ name. Examples of numbering: hexanoyl, caproyl [etc.].
1952 Union Internat. Chim. pure et appl., Compt. Rend. XVI. 101 Change: ‘Caproyl’ to ‘Hexanoyl replacing caproyl’..[rule] 58.3.
1967 Canad. Jrnl. Chem. 45 2600/2 When a cyclohexane solution of hexanoyl azide and acetophenone was irradiated with light of wavelength over 3000 Å, nitrogen was rapidly evolved.
hexene n. /ˈhɛksiːn/ the olefine of the hexacarbon series (C6H12), also called hexylene, homologous and polymeric with ethene; it exists in numerous metameric forms.
/ˈhɛksiːn/ the olefine of the hexacarbon series (C6H12), also called hexylene, homologous and polymeric with ethene; it exists in numerous metameric forms.ΘΚΠ
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hexylene1868
sextene1868
hexene1877
1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 59 Hexene or Hexylene, C6H12. Two hydrocarbons of this composition have been obtained, one from secondary, the other from tertiary, hexyl alcohol.
1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 177 Hexene Glycols, C6H12(OH)2.
hexine n. /ˈhɛksaɪn/ the hydrocarbon C6H10 of the same series.
/ˈhɛksaɪn/ the hydrocarbon C6H10 of the same series.ΘΚΠ
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hexine1877
1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 64 Hexines, C6H10. Hexoylene.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hexine C6H10..a mobile liquid obtained by Berthelot by acting on allyl iodide with sodium..also called Diallyl.
hexoic acid n. C6H12O2, the same as caproic acid.
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hexoic acid1877
1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 294 Hexoic or Caproic acids, C6H12O2..There are eight possible forms of these acids, analogous to the eight pentyl alcohols.
heˈxoylene n. one of the isomeric forms of hexine.
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1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hexoylene, C6H10, Caventou's term for the hexine of petroleum oil formed in the preparation of hexylic alcohol.
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