hexylene

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hexylene - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hexylene \Hex"yl*ene\, n. [Hex- + -yl + ethlene.] (Chem.)
     A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene
     series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product
     of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several
     isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.
     [1913 Webster]