Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless compound, , prepared from 2-amino-l-chlorostyrolene. It crystallizes in plates, melts at 30–31° C, and is volatile with steam.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.

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  • noun organic chemistry A two-ringed aromatic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to one of thiophene; any derivative of this compound

Etymologies

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From thiophene and naphthalene.

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