Benedikt, Rudolf, 1852-1896, Knecht, Edmund, 1861-1925 · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 79
69 BENZENE AND TOLUENE. cMoroform, etc. It is a good solvent for fats, resin, etc. It burns in the air with a luminous smoky flame. Benzene can be regarded as the simplest represen- tative of a large class of compounds which are known as "aromatic compounds," and to which nearly all the artificial… … and which are known as the benzene ring. The benzene ring is very stable, and is only split up by very energetic chemical action. In benzene itself the six free affinities shown in the previous diagram are each saturated with one atom of hydrogen, so that its constitutional formula would be — CH…
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