BENZENE RING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does benzene ring mean? 

• BENZENE RING (noun)
  The noun BENZENE RING has 1 sense:

1. a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached

  Familiarity information: BENZENE RING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENZENE RING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

benzene formula; benzene nucleus; benzene ring; Kekule formula

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 

Anthracene, also called paranaphthalene or green oil, a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of three benzene rings derived from coal-tar, is the simplest tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

(Anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

A bioactive food component with at least 2 phenol rings (two benzene rings each bearing at least one hydroxyl group).

(Dietary Polyphenol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of four fused benzene rings, produced by incomplete combustion of organic matter.

(Benz[a]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

Historically, the term "aromatic" originally referred to the smell of selected compounds that later were found to contain benzene or fused benzene rings in the structure.

(Aromatic Compounds, NCI Thesaurus)

Historically, the benzene ring is denoted 'A'-ring, the pyran ring 'C' ring, and the phenyl ring 'B'-ring.

(Dietary Flavonoid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A crystalline, carcinogenic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of five fused benzene rings, produced by the incomplete combustion of organic matter.

(Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of compounds with the basic naphthalene structure, an aromatic hydrocarbon compound, consisting of two fused benzene rings.

(Naphthalene Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that consists of a flavone group attached to a benzene ring.

(Beta-Naphthoflavone, NCI Thesaurus)

Any compound that contains the basic indole structure, an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring.

(Indole Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

A compound that can increase human cancer risk and consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a symmetrical 6-carbon ring structure with single and double bonds alternating around the ring (benzene ring) and in which at least one of the hydrogen atoms is substituted for a halogen (chlorine, bromine, fluorine) atom.

(Carcinogenic Halogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)