a colorless liquid with an unpleasant odor, C6H11NH2, a strong organic base used in the manufacture of plastics and rubber and as a corrosion inhibitor
Also called: aminocyclohexane, hexahydroaniline
Word origin
[1940–45; cyclo- + hexyl + amine]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, blockbuster, set-aside, silkscreen, snorkelcyclo- is a combining form meaning “cycle,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix cyclo- include: cyclometer, cycloolefin, cyclopentadiene, cyclostome, cyclotomy
Examples of 'cyclohexylamine' in a sentence
cyclohexylamine
Both cyclohexylamine molecules adopt chair conformations.
Ejaz, Islam Ullah Khan, William T. A. Harrison 2010, 'Bis(cyanido-κC)bis(cyclohexylamine-κN)mercury(II)', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810001042. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)