Definition of Retene

1. n. A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.

Definition of Retene

1. Noun. (organic compound) A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retene

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Retene

1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins. Origin: Gr. Pine resin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retene

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retell
reteller
retellers
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retellings
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retem
retemper
retempered
retempering
retempers
retems
retender
retendering
retene (current term)
retenes
retent
retentate
retentates
retention
retention area
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retention cyst
retention form
retention groove
retention jaundice
retention line
retention point
retention polyp

Literary usage of Retene

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

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"1JO-00 4-35 473 Contains 51'3S pr retene and tS'62 pc picric acid ... U'hc-na mixture of retene and picric acid is dissolved in benzene, there separate on ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"296), is perhaps impure retene. (Fritzsche.) retene forme soft shining unctuous laminae, inodorous, tasteless, sinking in cold but floating in boiling water ..."

3. Organic Chemistry: Or : Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1922)
"7> melting at 9g0 and ^j^g at 3940> is retene occurs in the tar of highly ... Chromic acid in glacial acetic acid solution oxidises retene to retene- ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1892)
"t retene GROUP. 2767 In the fossil fir-wood (Pinus uliginosa),1 which occurs ... He gave to it the name retene, inasmuch as it is probably derived from the ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"This showed that one of the groups in retene must be in position 2- but he was ... He showed that these could be transformed into retene and also that they ..."

6. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"Sodium hydroxide converts retene quinone into two rather unstable acids— ... H ^CO, which can be more easily prepared by distilling retene quinone wiih lead ..."

7. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"Sodium hydroxide converts retene quinone into two rather unstable acids— retene ... Potassium permanganate oxidizes retene quinone to diphenylene ketone ..."

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