In organic compound terms the difference between toluene and nitrobenzene
is that toluene is a colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds while nitrobenzene is a nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups.
toluene
English
Noun
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(organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
Synonyms
* methylbenzene
* phenylmethane
nitrobenzene
English
Noun
(
wikipedia nitrobenzene)
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en noun)
(organic compound) A nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups
Synonyms
*nitrobenzol, nitrobenzole
*oil of mirbane
Related terms
*nitrobenzyl