nonanaphthene

English

Etymology

nona- +‎ naphthene

Noun

nonanaphthene (countable and uncountable, plural nonanaphthenes)

1. (chemistry) Any napthene with 9 carbon atoms.
   • 1934, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Technical News Bulletin, volumes 201-224, page 122:

     The isolated nonanaphthene belongs to a general class of saturated monocyclic petroleum hydrocarbons, called naphthenes […]

   • 1937, Universal Oil Products Company. Research Laboratories, Library Bulletin of Abstracts, volumes 12-13, page 195:

     The range of the refractive indices for the half-degree fractions indicated the presence of nonanaphthenes and isononanes.