Hexane: alternatives and connections

Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.

any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylen…

To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combust…

The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from…

Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.

One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.

A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil con…

any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…

A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosen…

A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endeca…

Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the…

a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.

Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon ato…

One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids an…

Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in…