Phenanthrene Definition

fə-nănthrēn
noun
A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C14H10, an isomer of the anthracene present in coal tar, used in making dyes, explosives, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Phenanthrene

Noun

Singular:
phenanthrene
Plural:
phenanthrenes

Origin of Phenanthrene

  • From phen(o)-- +"Ž anthr(ac)ene.

    From Wiktionary

  • phen(o)– anthr(ac)ene

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Phenanthrene Sentence Examples

  • By fusing two nuclei we obtain the formula of naphthalene, C 1 oH 8; by fusing three, the hydrocarbons anthracene and phenanthrene, C14H10; by fusing four, chrysene, C18H12, and possibly pyrene, C16H1n; by fusing five, picene, C22 H 14.

  • Thomsen then investigated heats of combustion of various benzenoid hydrocarbons - benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, &c. - in the crystallized state.

  • The next members are the -isomers anthracene and phenanthrene, C14H,0, formed from three benzene nuclei.

  • Here we shall only discuss the structure of these compounds in the light of the modern benzene theories; reference should be made to the articles Naphthalene, Anthracene and Phenanthrene for syntheses, decompositions, &c.

  • For naphthalene quinones see Naphthalene; for anthracene quinone see Anthraquinone; and for phenanthrene quinone see Phena Nt H Rene.

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