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Benzene

The scientist Friedrich August Kekulé discovered the seemingly impossible chemical structure of benzene (C6H6) when he had a dream of a group of snakes swallowing their tails.

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Benzen
... Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6 ... Because its molecules contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms, benzene is classed as a hydrocarbon ... Benzene is a natural constituent of crude oil, and is one of the most elementary petrochemicals ...
Exposure To Benzene - Summary
... and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (2007), benzene is both an anthropogenically produced and naturally occurring chemical from processes that include volcanic eruptions, wild fires, synthesis of ... The major sources of benzene exposure are tobacco smoke, automobile service stations, exhaust from motor vehicles, and industrial emissions however, ingestion and dermal absorption of ... Benzene is hepatically metabolized and excreted in the urine ...
Starlicide - Synonyms
... Starlicide is a small molecule in which a central benzene ring is modified by amine, chloro and methyl substituents in a specific pattern ... Because special names exist for benzene rings modified with one or two of these functional groups, several synonymous chemical names may be ... of order the numbers of such groups equal the number of carbon atoms in the benzene ring separating them from the group implied in the special name ...
Exposure To Benzene - Summary
... According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (2007), benzene is both an anthropogenically produced and naturally occurring chemical from ... The major sources of benzene exposure are tobacco smoke, automobile service stations, exhaust from motor vehicles, and industrial emissions however, ingestion and dermal absorption of benzene can ... Benzene is hepatically metabolized and excreted in the urine ...