Cyclohexane is a six-membered ring that is a naturally occuring hydrocarbon.
Short description:
Cyclohexane is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon.
Keyword:
solid fuel
Common name:
Hexamethylene
CSD refcode:
CYCHEX
Citation of a publication:
R. Kahn, R. Fourme, D. Andre, M. Renaud; Acta
Crystallogr.Cryst.Chem., 29, (1973), 131
Layman's explanation:
Cyclohexane exists naturally in petroleum, but is also commercially produced by hydrolizing benzene. It is relatively volatile with a boiling point lower than that of water. The ability of cyclohexane to assume different conformations lends itself to a vast array of chemistry. Cyclohexane is used as a solvent for lacquers and resins, as a paint intermediate and varnish remover, in the extraction of essential oils, and in analytical chemistry for molecular weight determination. Also it is used in the manufacture of adipic acid, benzene, cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol, cyclohexyl chloride, nitrocyclohexane, solid fuel for camp stoves, in industrial recrystallization of steroids, and in fungicidal formulations. Cyclohexane is also used in the preparation of nylon.
Miscellaneous comments:
Structure obtained courtesy of the Cambridge Structural Database
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