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Definition of Anthracene

1. n. A solid hydrocarbon, C₆H₄.C₂H₂. C₆H₄, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.

Definition of Anthracene

1. Noun. (organic compound) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides and the dye alizarin; it is isomeric with phenanthrene. ¹

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Definition of Anthracene

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Medical Definition of Anthracene

1. A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. Alternative forms: anthracin. Origin: Gr. Coal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Anthracene

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1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The difficulty of recovering the anthracene contained in the mother liquors ... The patentees state that a 33 pc anthracene dissolved in 1-75 times its ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The crude anthracene cake is purified by treatment with the higher ... The whole mass dissolves on heating, and the anthracene crystallizes out on cooling. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Incl. 1901, 790) state that when anthracene is purified by solvents such as ... 25 parts of drained crude anthracene are heated with 35 parts of naphtha ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1922)
"It is separated from the anthracene oil by slow cooling and centrifug- ing the crude anthracene which crystallizes out. This product, which contains from 25 ..."

5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"This example furnishes further evidence of the value of molecular refraction in deciding questions of structure. IL anthracene ..."

6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1886)
"Assay of Crude anthracene.1 Commercial crude anthracene is a green or ... It contains a very variable percentage of real anthracene, the usual proportion ..."

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