cyclohexane

English

Etymology

cyclo- +‎ hexane

Pronunciation

• enPR: sīklōhĕks'ān, IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪkloʊˈhɛkseɪn/

Noun

cyclohexane (countable and uncountable, plural cyclohexanes)

1. (organic chemistry) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.

Derived terms

• cyclohexanedione
• cyclohexanehexone
• cyclohexyl
• dodecylcyclohexane
• hexachlorocyclohexane
• spirocyclohexane

 

Translations

alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂

• Azerbaijani: sikloheksan
• Catalan: ciclohexà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 環己烷／环己烷 (zh) (huánjǐwán)

• Czech: cyklohexan m
• Finnish: sykloheksaani
• French: cyclohexane (fr) m
• German: Cyclohexan (de) n
• Hungarian: ciklohexán (hu)
• Italian: cicloesano (it) m
• Japanese: シクロヘキサン (shikurohekisan)
• Kazakh: циклогексан (siklogeksan)
• Korean: 사이클로헥세인 (saikeulloheksein)
• Portuguese: cicloexano m
• Romanian: ciclohexan (ro) m
• Russian: циклогекса́н (ru) m (ciklogeksán)
• Spanish: ciclohexano m
• Swedish: cyklohexan (sv)
• Turkish: siklohegzan, siklohekzan
• Vietnamese: cyclohexan

See also

• cycloalkane
• hexane
• benzene