naphthalene

naphthalene

English

Naphthalene

Etymology

From naphtha +‎ -ene

Noun

naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)

1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
2. (organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

Hypernyms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

• acene

Coordinate terms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

• benzene (1-ring acene)
• anthracene (3-ring acene)

Derived terms

• anilinonaphthalene
• azonaphthalene
• azoxynaphthalene
• binaphthalene
• bromonaphthalene
• circumnaphthalene
• decahydronaphthalene
• diaminonaphthalene
• diazanaphthalene
• dinaphthalene
• naphthaleneacetic acid
• naphthalenediamine
• naphthalene red
• naphthalenesulfonate
• naphthalene yellow
• nitronaphthalene
• paranaphthalene
• polychlorinated naphthalene
• tetrahydronaphthalene
• triazanaphthalene

 

Translations

white crystalline hydrocarbon

Catalan: naftalina f Czech: naftalín m Esperanto: naftalino Finnish: naftaleeni (fi) French: naphtalène (fr) m German: Naphthalin (de) n

Ido: naftalino (io) Italian: naftalina (it) f Portuguese: naftalina (pt) f Russian: нафтали́н (ru) m (naftalín) Spanish: naftalina Tagalog: naptalina

aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon

Catalan: naftalina f Chinese: Cantonese: 萘 (noi6) Mandarin: 萘 (zh) (nài) Czech: naftalen m

Italian: naftalene (it) m Japanese: ナフタレン (nafutaren), ナフタリン (nafutarin) Korean: 나프탈렌 (ko) (napeutallen) Russian: нафтали́н (ru) m (naftalín)