benzenoid

American  

[ben-zuh-noid] / ˈbɛn zəˌnɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or similar to benzene, especially with respect to structure.

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noun

1. any benzene compound.

Etymology

Origin of benzenoid

First recorded in 1885–90; benzene + -oid

Example Sentences

In a similar effort, Jerry R. Dias of the University of Missouri at Kansas City devised a periodic classification of a type of organic molecule called benzenoid aromatic hydrocarbons.

From Scientific American • Jan. 21, 2011

And several of the 16 countries insist that Congress must also repeal the so-called American Selling Price system for fixing tariffs on such items as benzenoid chemicals, sneakers, canned clams and woolen knit gloves.

From Time Magazine Archive

In other words, we might have had to wait till 1965 to reach our present state of knowledge concerning the theory of benzenoid compounds if the coal-tar industry had not been in existence.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael

Thomsen then investigated heats of combustion of various benzenoid hydrocarbons—benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, &c.—in the crystallized state.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

Syntheses of the Benzene Ring.—The characteristic distinctions 54 which exist between aliphatic and benzenoid compounds make the transformations of one class into the other especially interesting.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various