Definition of Aromatic hydrocarbon

1. Noun. A hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds.

Specialized synonyms: Benzene, Benzine, Benzol
Generic synonyms: Hydrocarbon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aromatic Hydrocarbon

aromatherapeutic
aromatherapies
aromatherapist
aromatherapists
aromatherapy
aromatic
aromatic-l-amino-acid decarboxylases
aromatic NADH-dependent nitroreductase
aromatic amine acetyltransferase
aromatic amine dehydrogenase
aromatic ammonia spirit
aromatic aster
aromatic castor oil
aromatic compound
aromatic d-amino-acid decarboxylase
aromatic hydrocarbon (current term)
aromatic series
aromatic vegetable
aromatic water
aromatical
aromatically
aromaticalness
aromaticities
aromaticity
aromatick
aromaticness
aromatics
aromatique
aromatisation
aromatise

Literary usage of Aromatic hydrocarbon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Further, there is internal consistency in the results for the aromatic hydrocarbon-iodine series; a similar trend in ДЕ° is observed both in the vapor phase ..."

2. Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels by Carleton Ellis, Joseph V. Meigs (1921)
"... a terpene into an aromatic hydrocarbon CnH2n-4 + O = CnH2n-< + H2O It is stated, however, that the production of an aromatic hydrocarbon may be regarded ..."

3. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"A. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in human lung and cancer ... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA and protein adducts in coal tar treated ..."

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