flammable
A combustible material is something that can burn (i.e., ''combust'') in air. A combustible material is flammable if it ignites easily at ambient temperatures. In other words, a combustible material ignites with some effort and a flammable mat ...
polycyclic
hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons are generally colourless and hydrophobic, and their odors are usually weak or ...
with
chemical formula
In chemistry, a chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, ...
C9H8. It is composed of a
cyclohexadiene Cyclohexadiene may refer to:
* 1,3-Cyclohexadiene,
* 1,4-Cyclohexadiene,
See also
* Benzene or its theoretical isomer ''1,3,5-Cyclohexatriene''
* Cyclohexene
Cyclohexene is a hydrocarbon with the formula C6H10. This cycloalkene is a colorl ...
ring fused with a
cyclopentadiene
Cyclopentadiene is an organic compound with the formula C5H6.LeRoy H. Scharpen and Victor W. Laurie (1965): "Structure of cyclopentadiene". ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'', volume 43, issue 8, pages 2765-2766. It is often abbreviated CpH beca ...
ring.
See also
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Indene
Indene is a flammable polycyclic hydrocarbon with chemical formula . It is composed of a benzene ring fused with a cyclopentene ring. This aromatic liquid is colorless although samples often are pale yellow. The principal industrial use of ...
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Isoindole
In organic chemistry and heterocyclic chemistry, isoindole consists of a benzene ring fused with pyrrole. The compound is an isomer of indole. Its reduced form is isoindoline. The parent isoindole is a rarely encountered in the technical lite ...
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Isoindenone
Isoindenone is a polycyclic ketone with chemical formula C9H6O. It is a cross-conjugated. It is unstable.
See also
* Indene
* Indenone
Indenone is a polycyclic ketone with chemical formula C9H6O. It is composed of a benzene ring fused wit ...