benzenoid

American  

[ben-zuh-noid] / ˈbɛn zəˌnɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or similar to benzene, especially with respect to structure.

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noun

1. any benzene compound.

Etymology

Origin of benzenoid

First recorded in 1885–90; benzene + -oid

Example Sentences

In a similar effort, Jerry R. Dias of the University of Missouri at Kansas City devised a periodic classification of a type of organic molecule called benzenoid aromatic hydrocarbons.

From Scientific American • Jan. 21, 2011

And several of the 16 countries insist that Congress must also repeal the so-called American Selling Price system for fixing tariffs on such items as benzenoid chemicals, sneakers, canned clams and woolen knit gloves.

From Time Magazine Archive

The transformation is not one of the oxidation of a hexamethylene compound to a benzenoid compound, for only two hydrogen atoms are removed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

He suggests that the term “quinone” theory be abandoned, and replaced by the Umlagerungs theory, since this term implies some intermolecular rearrangement, and does not connote simply benzenoid compounds as does “quinonoid.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

It will be understood in future that a phenol is a hydroxy-derivative of a benzenoid hydrocarbon.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael