Indane

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of cyclopentane; it, and its derivatives, are found in petroleum countable, uncountable

Etymology

From ind(igo) + -ane.

Related phrases

benzene ring

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