Naphthalene Definition

Naphthalene Sentence Examples

• Bamberger, on the other hand, extends his views on benzene and naphthalene and assumes the molecule to be (1).

• Certain crude oils have also been found to contain camphenes, naphthalene and other aromatic hydrocarbons.

• When, as in the formation of naphthalene tetrachloride, for example, the one ring becomes saturated, the other might be expected to assume the normal centric form and become relatively inactive.

• The centric formula proposed by Bamberger represents naphthalene as formed by the fusion of two benzene rings, this indicates that it is a monocyclic composed of ten atoms of carbon.

• During recent years an immense number of ringed or cyclic compounds have been discovered, which exhibit individual characters more closely resembling benzene, naphthalene, &c. than purely aliphatic substances, inasmuch as in general they contain double linkages, yet withstand oxidation, and behave as nuclei, forming derivatives in much the same way as benzene.