dodecylcyclohexane

English

Etymology

dodecyl +‎ cyclohexane

Noun

dodecylcyclohexane (usually uncountable, plural dodecylcyclohexanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A cycloalkane, C18H36 found in petroleum.
    • 1987, Xenobiotica, volume 17, page 1110:
      In addition to these phase I metabolites, this work showed that dodecylcyclohexane led to the elimination of conjugated forms of phenylacetic acid.
    • 1995, D. H. Hutson, G. D. Paulson, Progress in Pesticide Biochemistry and Toxicology, page 51:
      Other dodecanes have similar metabolic fates […] to that of dodecylcyclohexane.
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