hexamethylene

American  

[hek-suh-meth-uh-leen] / ˌhɛk səˈmɛθ əˌlin /

noun

Chemistry.

1. cyclohexane.

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Etymology

Origin of hexamethylene

First recorded in 1885–90; hexa- + methylene

Example Sentences

Baeyer pointed out that although benzene derivatives Baeyer’s researches. were obtainable from hexamethylene compounds, yet it by no means follows that only hexamethylene compounds need result when benzene compounds are reduced.

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

The transformation is not one of the oxidation of a hexamethylene compound to a benzenoid compound, for only two hydrogen atoms are removed.

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

By reduction, the double linkages become saturated, and compounds result which stand in much about the same relation to the original nucleus as hexamethylene does to benzene.

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

For other syntheses of hexamethylene derivatives, see Polymethylenes.

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

This is comparable with the reduction of the benzene nucleus into hexamethylene, a substance of an aliphatic character.

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