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BENZENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("benzene" is a kind of...):
aromatic hydrocarbon (a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "benzene"):
benzene formula; benzene nucleus; benzene ring; Kekule formula (a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached)
Context examples:
Methemoglobinemia that is caused by exposure to certain drugs (xylocaine and benzene).
(Drug Induced Methemoglobinemia, NCI Thesaurus)
A bioactive food component with at least 2 phenol rings (two benzene rings each bearing at least one hydroxyl group).
(Dietary Polyphenol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of four fused benzene rings, produced by incomplete combustion of organic matter.
(Benz[a]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)
The team began with benzene, which has been identified in Titan’s atmosphere, followed by a series of closely related chemicals that are likely to be present there.
(Experiments recreate aromatic flavors of Titan, NASA)
The insoluble compounds, such as nitriles and benzene, sink to the sea floor.
(Cassini Explores a Methane Sea on Titan, NASA)
The experiments determined that the exotic ice in the cloud is a combination of the simple organic molecule hydrogen cyanide together with the large ring-shaped chemical benzene.
(NASA Team Finds Noxious Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan, NASA)
This includes arenes and their substitution products (e.g., benzene, naphthalene, toluene).
(Aromatic Compounds, NCI Thesaurus)
Some of the molecules identified include thiophenes, benzene, toluene, and small carbon chains, such as propane or butene.
(NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars, NASA)
Methemoglobinemia that is caused by exposure to certain drugs (xylocaine and benzene) and nitrate-rich foods.
(Acquired Methemoglobinemia, NCI Thesaurus)
Anthracene, also called paranaphthalene or green oil, a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of three benzene rings derived from coal-tar, is the simplest tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
(Anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)
