colophene

See also: colophène

English

Etymology

From colophony +‎ -ene.

Noun

colophene (countable and uncountable, plural colophenes)

  1. (obsolete)(chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.

Usage notes

Like its synonym diterebene, the term is unused in chemistry literature since the 19th century, where its chemical formula was given as C20H32

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