See Also: toluene(encyclopedia)
Toluene(medicine)
toluene(dictionary)
toluene 2,4-diisocyanate(medicine)
toluene dioxygenase(medicine)
toluene-4-monooxygenase(medicine)
toluene-3-monooxygenase(medicine)
toluene ortho-monooxygenase(medicine)
cis-toluene dihydrodiol dehydrogenase(medicine)
4-toluene sulfonate methyl monooxygenase(medicine)

toluene (iou)



toluene noun. L19.
[from TOLU + -ENE.]
Chemistry. A colourless liquid cyclic hydrocarbon, C6H5CH3, which is obtained from coal tar and petroleum and is used as a solvent and in the manufacture of many organic compounds. Also called methylbenzene, toluol.
toluic adjective:
toluic acid, each of three crystalline isomeric cyclic acids, CH3C6H4COOH, which are produced from toluene, cymene, or xylene; methylbenzoic acid: M19.
toluol noun = TOLUENE M19.
toluyl noun each of three isomeric cyclic radicals, CH3C6H4CO, derived from a toluic acid M19.
toluylic adjective:
toluylic acid = toluic acid M19.