BENZENE RING


Meaning of BENZENE RING in English

[benzene ring] n (1877): a structural arrangement of atoms held to exist in benzene and other aromatic compounds and marked by six carbon atoms linked in a planar symmetrical hexagon with each carbon attached to hydrogen in benzene itself or to other atoms or groups in substituted benzenes--compare meta- 4a, orth- 4b, para- 2b

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