toluene

/tol-yoo-een/US // ˈtɒl yuˌin //UK // (ˈtɒljʊˌiːn) //

甲苯,甲醇,二甲苯,甲烷

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Chemistry.
- : a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C7H8, having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.

A solution of hydrogen chloride in a poorly ionizing medium, like benzene or toluene, is an extremely poor conductor.
Other dyes derived directly or indirectly from phenol will take us back once again to toluene.
From benzene and toluene alone about forty distinct colouring-matters of the rosaniline group are sent into commerce.
Already we see that benzene, toluene, solvent naphtha, and burning naphtha are separated from them.
Now let us consider some of the transformations which benzene and toluene undergo in the hands of the manufacturing chemist.