Another name for cyclohexane, a six-membered carbon ring saturated with hydrogen atoms.
From 'hexa-' (six) + 'hydro-' (hydrogen) + 'benzene' (the unsaturated six-membered carbon ring). The term describes what happens when you add hydrogen to benzene.
Cyclohexane is the 'tamed' version of benzene—by adding hydrogen atoms to the ring, chemists turned a toxic substance into a useful solvent used in many industries!
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