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Definition of Tolane

1. n. A hydrocarbon, C₁₄H₁₀, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.

Definition of Tolane

1. Noun. (organic compound) A hydrocarbon, C₁₄H₁₀, related to the acetylene and the aromatic series. ¹

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Definition of Tolane

1. tolan [n -S] - See also: tolan

Medical Definition of Tolane

1. A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance. Synonym: diphenyl acetylene. Origin: From Toluene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tolane

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

1. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"On heating them with alcoholic potash, tolane is regenerated, and aldehyde is formed, which by the potash is converted into aldehyde-resin:— f1 TT ..."

2. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"On heating them with alcoholic potash, tolane is regenerated, and aldehyde is formed, which by the potash is converted into aldehyde-resin:— C6H5.CBr C6H6. ..."

3. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Di-benzyl, Stilbene, tolane In making di-phenyl methane benzyl chloride reacts with phenyl chloride in the presence of sodium. Cr,H5— CH2— (Cl + Na2 + Cl)— ..."

4. Organic Chemistry: Or : Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1922)
"Tetrachloro-p-dioxy-tolane, mp 226°, see A. 338, 236. The action of nitrous acid gas upon tolane produces a- and |3- diphenyl-dinitro-ethylene ..."

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