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English

Alternative forms

• benzine

Etymology

A technical term in chemistry, adopted in English in 1835 as benzine (benzene from 1872), from German Benzin, which was coined in 1833 by Eilhardt Mitscherlich based on Benzoesäure (“benzoic acid”), plus the technical ending -ene (German -in) denoting hydrocarbons. The adjective benzoic is in turn from benzoin, originally a term for a balsamic resin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?nzi?n/

Noun

benzene (usually uncountable, plural benzenes)

1. (organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C₆H₆ whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.
2. (organic chemistry, in combination) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.

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See also

(ring-shaped molecule composed of 6 carbon atoms and 6 hydrogen atoms):

• cyclohexane
• cyclohexene
• cycloalkane
• cycloalkene
• cyclohexatriene

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ben?d?z?.ne/
• Hyphenation: ben?zè?ne

Noun

benzene m (plural benzeni)

1. (organic chemistry) benzene