phenose

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An amorphous, deliquescent, easily soluble compound, C₆H₁₂O₆, made by the electrolysis of a mixture of toluene, alcohol, and dilute sulphuric acid, or by the action of soda on the addition-product of benzene and hypochlorous acid. It has a sweet taste and reduces Fehling's solution, but is not fermentable.

Wiktionary

1. n. organic chemistry A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with dextrose.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Chem.) A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose.