dodecylcyclohexane
English
editEtymology
editFrom dodecyl + cyclohexane.
Noun
editdodecylcyclohexane (usually uncountable, plural dodecylcyclohexanes)
- (organic chemistry) A cycloalkane, C18H36 found in petroleum.
- 1987, Xenobiotica, volume 17, page 1110:
- In addition to these phase I metabolites, this work showed that dodecylcyclohexane led to the elimination of conjugated forms of phenylacetic acid.
- 1995, D. H. Hutson, G. D. Paulson, Progress in Pesticide Biochemistry and Toxicology, page 51:
- Other dodecanes have similar metabolic fates […] to that of dodecylcyclohexane.