benzene

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Etymology

A technical term in chemistry, adopted in English in 1835 as benzine (benzene from 1872), from German Benzin, which was coined in 1833 by Eilhardt Mitscherlich based on Benzoesäure "benzoic acid", plus the technical ending -ene (German -in) denoting hydrocarbons. benzoic in turn is an adjective formed from benzoin, originally a term for a balsamic resin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛnziːn/, X-SAMPA: /"bEnzi:n/

Noun

benzene (usually uncountable; plural benzenes)

1. (organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C₆H₆ whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.
2. (organic chemistry, in combination) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group

Derived terms

terms derived from "benzene"

benzenoid benzeneamine benzeneazo benzeneazothiocarbonyl benzenecyclopentadienyliron benzenediamine benzenediazo benzenediazoate benzenediazonium benzenedicarbonyl benzeneethanol benzenehexacarboxylic benzenehexoxide benzeneiron benzeneperoxyseleninic

benzeneperoxysulfonic benzeneruthenium benzeneseleninic benzeneselenonate benzeneselenonic benzenesulfinato benzenesulfinyl benzenesulfonate benzenesulfonic benzenesulfonyl benzenesulfonylhydrazide benzenesulfonylperoxosulfate benzenesulphonothioic benzenethiol

Translations

aromatic compound C₆H₆

• Arabic: بنزين (ar) (banzīn) m
• Armenian: բենզոլ (hy) (benzol)
• Belarusian: бензол (be) (benzól) m
• Bulgarian: бензол (bg) (benzól) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苯 (cmn) (běn)

• Czech: benzen (cs) m
• Dutch: benzeen (nl)
• Esperanto: benzeno (eo)
• Finnish: bentseeni (fi)
• French: benzène (fr) m
• Georgian: ბენზოლი (ka) (benzoli)
• German: Benzol (de) n
• Greek: βενζόλιο (el) (venzólio) n
• Hindi: धूपेन्य (hi) (dhūpenya)
• Icelandic: bensen (is) n, bensól (is) n
• Italian: benzene (it) m, benzolo (it) m
• Japanese: ベンゼン (ja) (benzen)
• Korean: 벤젠 (ko) (benjen)

• Macedonian: бензен (mk) (bénzen) m
• Malay: benzena (ms)
• Persian: بنزن (fa) (banzan)
• Polish: benzen (pl) m
• Portuguese: benzeno (pt) m
• Romanian: benzen (ro) m
• Russian: бензол (ru) (benzól) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бѐнзе̄н (sh) m, бѐнзо̄л (sh) m

  Roman: bènzēn (sh) m, bènzōl (sh) m

• Slovak: benzén (sk) m
• Slovene: benzén (sl) m
• Spanish: benceno (es) m
• Swedish: bensen (sv)
• Tok Pisin: bensin (tpi)
• Ukrainian: бензол (uk) (benzól) m
• Urdu: بنزین (ur) (benzīn)
• Vietnamese: benzen (vi)

the phenyl group — see phenyl

See also

• cyclohexane
• cycloalkene

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Italian

Noun

benzene m (plural benzeni)

1. (organic chemistry) benzene