hexamethylene

[hek-suh-meth-uh-leen]

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noun Chemistry.

cyclohexane.

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Origin of hexamethylene

First recorded in 1885–90; hexa- + methylene

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For other syntheses of hexamethylene derivatives, see Polymethylenes.
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