Definition of camphene. Meaning of camphene. Synonyms of camphene

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Definition of camphene

camphene
Terebene Ter"e*bene, n. (Chem.) A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.
Camphene
Camphene Cam"phene, n. (Chem.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.

Meaning of camphene from wikipedia

- Camphene is a bicyclic organic compound. It is one of the most pervasive monoterpenes. As with other terpenes, it is insoluble in water, flammable, colorless...
- S. Tough (a hanging camphene lamp, 1839) and Michael Dyott of Philadelphia (a “camphene-oil” lamp, 1840). By the 1840s, camphene was one of the most widely...
- 670 different chemicals and is produced by reacting chlorine gas with camphene. It can be most commonly found as a yellow to amber waxy solid. Toxaphene...
- (−)-camphene synthase (EC 4.2.3.117, CS) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (−)-camphene-forming]. This...
- (+)-camphene synthase (EC 4.2.3.116) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (+)-camphene-forming]. This enzyme...
- the monoterpenes alpha- and beta-pinene, with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, limonene, and terpinolene. Substitutes include white spirit or other petroleum...
- acyclic monoterpenoid Bicyclic monoterpenes include carene, sabinene, camphene, and thujene. Camphor, borneol, eucalyptol and ascaridole are examples...
- discovered in bicyclic terpenes for example the conversion of isoborneol to camphene: The story of the rearrangement reveals that many scientists were puzzled...
- (−)-α-Pinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.119, (−)-α-pinene/(−)-camphene synthase, (−)-α-pinene cyclase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase...
- formula C10H16, of which camphene was one. Previously, many hydrocarbons having the empirical formula C10H16 had been called "camphene", but many other hydrocarbons...