A colorless oily liquid with a six-membered carbon ring and one hydroxyl (-OH) group, used to make nylon and as a solvent.
From cyclo- (ring) + hex- (six) + -anol (alcohol suffix). Named in early 20th century chemistry as cyclohexane with an alcohol functional group added.
Cyclohexanol is the crucial ingredient in making nylon—without it, we couldn't manufacture the synthetic fiber that revolutionized clothing, parachutes, and thousands of other products in the 20th century.
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