Definition of Stilbene

1. n. A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.

Definition of Stilbene

1. Noun. (chemistry) Either of two isomeric hydrocarbons, diphenylethylene, but especially the ''trans'' isomer, used in the manufacture of dyes and many other compounds. ¹

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Definition of Stilbene

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stilbene

stigmatist
stigmatists
stigmatizable
stigmatization
stigmatizations
stigmatize
stigmatized
stigmatizes
stigmatizing
stigmatose
stigme
stigmergic
stigmergy
stigmes
stilb
stilbene (current term)
stilbenes
stilbenoid
stilbenoids
stilbesterol
stilbestrol
stilbestrols
stilbite
stilbites
stilboestrol
stilbs
stile
stiled
stiles
stilet

Literary usage of Stilbene

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

1. Organic Chemistry: Or : Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1922)
"As an unsaturated compound, stilbene can occur in a second stereo- ... This iso-stilbene is a liquid, bp12 443°, and has a pleasant flower-like odour. ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1858)
"stilbene boiled for a short time with nitric acid forms a yellow resin, which, ... stilbene is not decomposed by dilute chromic acid; but the concentrated ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"An oily monochloro-stilbene, corresponding to that of Zinin, has also been prepared, and is being subjected to further examination in order to determine ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The nmr spectrum of trans- 2,3-diphenyl-3-propiolactone in solutions which still contained //wis-stilbene showed the characteristic AB pattern (5A 4.62, ..."

5. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1867)
"On the Direct Production of stilbene from Sitter Almond Oil, by C. GREVILLE WILLIAMS, FRS* stilbene was obtained by Laurent by the distillation of hydride ..."

6. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory (1856)
"stilbene. Csi Hu. When the preceding compound is strongly heated, it gives off a large quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen, and a little of a liquid, ..."

7. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory (1856)
"... H Cl. All these expressions, and many more, come under the same general formula. Along with chloride of stilbene is formed another compound, ..."

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