A six-carbon chain hydrocarbon group or a chemical compound containing this structure, used as a building block in organic synthesis.
From 'hexa-' (six) + 'methylene' (a carbon-hydrogen unit). Used in organic chemistry to describe molecular structures.
Hexamethylene is the basic framework of nylon plastic—six carbons in a row became the chemical skeleton for almost every synthetic polymer we use!
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