Definition of Phenylethylene

1. Noun. A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene.

Exact synonyms: Cinnamene, Styrene, Vinylbenzene
Specialized synonyms: Polystyrene
Generic synonyms: Polyvinyl Resin, Vinyl Polymer, Vinyl Resin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenylethylene

phenylenediamines
phenylenedicarbene
phenylenes
phenylenevinylene
phenylenevinylenes
phenylephedrine
phenylephrine
phenylephrine hydrochloride
phenylephrines
phenylethanolamine n-methyltransferase
phenylethyl alcohol
phenylethylamine
phenylethylamine oxidase
phenylethylamines
phenylethylbarbituric acid
phenylethylene (current term)
phenylethylidenehydrazine
phenylethylmalonamide
phenylethylmalonylurea
phenylglycolic acid
phenylglyoxal
phenylglyoxylate - acceptor oxidoreductase
phenylhydrazine
phenylhydrazine haemolysis
phenylhydrazines
phenylhydrazone
phenylhydrazones
phenylhydroxylamine
phenylhydroxylamines
phenylic

Literary usage of Phenylethylene

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

1. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen, William Ridgely Orndorff (1922)
"... phenylethylene AND DERIVATIVES Styrène, phenylethylene, C6H5.CH=CH2.—This hydrocarbon is found in the resin, liquid storax, and in coal tar. ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"... ETHENYLBENZENE, OR phenylethylene, C6H5.CH=CHz. 2287 Bonastre, by the distillation of liquid styrax * with water, obtained a volatile oil, ..."

3. The Principles of Theoretical Chemistry: With Special Reference to the by Ira Remsen (1892)
"COOH, that is, it is the simple carboxyl derivative of phenylethylene, C6H6 — CH=CH2. When treated with nitric acid cinnamic acid yields two mono- ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"A property which appears to be unique for normal thiocyanates was observed in the case of trimethylene and phenylethylene thiocyanates. ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"The following members of this series have been obtained : BP ° Cent. CaH, phenylethylene or ... or phenylethylene. ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"(Ill Communication on Geometric Isomeric Derivatives of Di- phenylethylene.) R. Stoermer and E. Friderici, 1441. Correction [/! ..."

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