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cymene

/sahy-meen/US // ˈsaɪ min //UK // (ˈsaɪmiːn) //

西米恩,西米尼,西米妮,西米诺

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a colorless, pleasant-smelling benzene derivative, C10H14, occurring in the volatile oil of the common cumin, Cuminum cyminum, and existing in three forms, the ortho, meta, and para isomers.

Examples

  • Terebenthene belongs to the benzene or aromatic series, which can be shown from its connection with cymene.

  • Cymene is methylpropyl-benzene, and can be made from terpenes by removing two atoms of H.

  • By distillation with zinc chloride, cymene and other products are produced.

  • Besides a cymene and a toluene, which have already been shown to exist in rosin spirit, metaxylene was found to be present.