English Explanatory Dictionary

phenylene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.

Word forms

phenylene phenylenes

Derived words

cycloparaphenylene oligophenylene orthophenylene paraphenylene phenylene blue phenylene brown phenylenediamine phenylenedicarbene phenylenevinylene polyphenylene poly(p-phenylene vinylene) tetraphenylene triphenylene
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