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Definition: C6H4CH32
Orthoxylene
\Or`tho*xy"lene\, n. [Ortho- + xylene.] (Chem.)
That variety of xylene (
C6H4(CH3)2) in which the two methyl
groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid,
combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene.
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Paraxylene
\Par`a*xy"lene\, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (
C6H4(CH3)2) of the aromatic series obtained
as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with
zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf.
Metamer, and
Xylene.
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Xylene
\Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids,
C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively
orthoxylene,
metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also
xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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