Definition of "benzenoid" [benzenoid]

• Having an electronic structure analogous to that of benzene. (adjective)
• Containing at least one benzene ring. (adjective)
• A compound of this kind. (noun)

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• "Allied to the normal Yielding furfural One-third of which celluloses approximately 50 p.ct. is of benzenoid type"
• "We are still without any evidence as to the possible transition of the hexoses to benzenoid compounds."
• "But we shall require also to deal with the constituent groups of the complex, which for the purposes of this discussion may be regarded as (a) a cellulose of normal characteristics -- cellulose alpha; (b) a cellulose yielding furfural on boiling with condensing acids -- cellulose beta; and (c) a much condensed, and in part benzenoid, group which we may continue to term the lig_none_ group."