phenylene

See also: phénylène

English

Noun

phenylene (plural phenylenes)

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

aromatic radical

Catalan: fenilè m Finnish: fenyleeni