TOLUENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toluene mean? 

• TOLUENE (noun)
  The noun TOLUENE has 1 sense:

1. a colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels

  Familiarity information: TOLUENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOLUENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

methylbenzene; toluene

Hypernyms ("toluene" is a kind of...):

alkylbenzene (organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring)

dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)

 Context examples 

An immunotoxin consisting of the murine anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody HD37 conjugated to a deglycosylated ricin A chain (dgA) via the linking molecule N-succinimidyl-oxycarbonyl-alpha-methyl-alpha-(2-pyridyldithio) toluene (SMPT).

(Monoclonal Antibody HD37-SMPT-dgA Immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes arenes and their substitution products (e.g., benzene, naphthalene, toluene).

(Aromatic Compounds, NCI Thesaurus)

Both anti-CD19 IgG monoclonal antibody HD37 and anti-CD22 IgG monoclonal antibody RFB4 are attached to a single deglycosylated ricin A chain (dgA) via N-succinimidyl-oxycarbonyl-alpha-methyl-alpha-(2-pyridyldithio) toluene (SMPT) linker.

(Deglycosylated Ricin A Chain-Conjugated Anti-CD19/Anti-CD22 Immunotoxins, NCI Thesaurus)

Coal tar is a complex mixture of organic substances, including benzene, phenols, sulfur, aniline, toluene, xylene, naphthalene, anthracene and phenanthrene.

(Coal Tar, NCI Thesaurus)

Some of the molecules identified include thiophenes, benzene, toluene, and small carbon chains, such as propane or butene.

(NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars, NASA)