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BENZENE RING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached
Synonyms:
benzene formula; benzene nucleus; benzene ring; Kekule formula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("benzene ring" is a kind of...):
benzene; benzine; benzol (a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds)
Context examples:
Potentially cancer-causing compound containing amine with an aromatic ring substituted for one or more of its hydrogen atoms, i.e., -NH2, -NH- or nitrogen group(s) attached to an aromatic hydrocarbon, whose structure usually contains one or more benzene rings.
(Carcinogenic Aromatic Amine, NCI Thesaurus)
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