dodecylcyclohexane

noun

A cycloalkane, C₁₈H₃₆ found in petroleum.

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Meanings

noundodecylcyclohexane (usually uncountable, plural dodecylcyclohexanes)

plural dodecylcyclohexanes

  1. uncountableusuallychemistryA cycloalkane, C₁₈H₃₆ found in petroleum.

    Other dodecanes have similar metabolic fates […] to that of dodecylcyclohexane.

    1995, D. H. Hutson, G. D. Paulson, Progress in Pesticide Biochemistry and Toxicology, page 51
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    In addition to these phase I metabolites, this work showed that dodecylcyclohexane led to the elimination of conjugated forms of phenylacetic acid.

    1987, Xenobiotica, volume 17, page 1110

Origin

From dodecyl + cyclohexane.

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