benzenoid

[ben-zuh-noid]

adjective

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

noun

1. any benzene compound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of benzenoid¹

First recorded in 1885–90; benzene + -oid

Example Sentences

It will be understood in future that a phenol is a hydroxy-derivative of a benzenoid hydrocarbon.

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The molecule is aromatic but not benzenoid; however, by the reduction of one half of the molecule, the other assumes a benzenoid character.

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We are still without any evidence as to the possible transition of the hexoses to benzenoid compounds.

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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.

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These oxygen derivatives of benzenoid hydrocarbons form a special group of compounds known as quinones.

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