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Coumarone - 3 dictionary results

cou⋅ma⋅rone

[koo-muh-rohn]
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless liquid, C8H6O7, derived from a naphtha distilled from coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of coumarone resins.
Also, cumarone.
Also called benzofuran.


Origin:
1880–85; < G Cumaron; see coumarin, -one
ben·zo·fu·ran   (běn'zō-fyŏŏr'ān', -fyŏŏ-rān')   
n.  A colorless liquid, C8H6O, found in coal tar and used to make thermoplastic resins for paints and varnishes. Also called coumarone.
cou·ma·rone   (kōō'mə-rōn')   
n.  See benzofuran.

[coumar(in) + -one.]
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