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Anthracene vs Benzanthracene - What's the difference?

anthracene | benzanthracene |

In organic compound|lang=fr terms the difference between anthracene and benzanthracene

is that anthracene is anthracene while benzanthracene is benzanthracene.

As nouns the difference between anthracene and benzanthracene

is that anthracene is anthracene while benzanthracene is benzanthracene.

anthracene

English

Noun

  • (organic compound) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides and the dye alizarin; it is isomeric with phenanthrene.

    • See also

    * ("anthracene" on Wikipedia)

    benzanthracene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia benzanthracene) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Either of two isomeric tetracyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formed by the fusion of a benzene ring with anthracene

    • See also

    * tetracene (the linear isomer) * tetraphene (the nonlinear isomer)