cyclohexane

cyclohexane
/suy'kleuh hek"sayn, sik'leuh-/, n. Chem.
a colorless, pungent, flammable liquid, C6H12, 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. Also called hexahydrobenzene, hexamethylene, hexanaphthene.
[1920-25; CYCLO- + HEXANE]

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