terebene Chem.
(ˈtɛrɪbiːn)
[f. terebinth) + -ene.]
† 1. A name given by Soubeiran and Capitaine 1839 (Comptes Rendus IX. 654) to a liquid obtained by decomposing artificial camphor, C10H16HCl, with lime. Obs. b. Used by Deville 1840 (Ann. Chimie LXXV. 38) for a liquid obtained by the action of sulphuric acid on pinene, now known to be a mixture of terpenes together with cymene: one of the drugs of the British Pharmacopœia; hence attrib., terebene soap, etc.
| 1898 Brit. Pharmac. 334 Terebenum. Terebene, a mixture of dipentene and other hydrocarbons, obtained by agitating oil of turpentine with successive quantities of sulphuric acid [etc.]. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 37 The inhalation of steam medicated with terebene. 1900 C.S.S.A. Price List, Index, Terebene hair-wash, lozenges, soap. |
† 2. Sometimes a synonym of terpene. Obs.
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. vii. §1. 437 These isomeric bodies may be subdivided into two metameric classes; in one of which the molecule is represented by C20H16;..the members of which are termed terebenes or camphogens. 1871 Roscoe Elem. Chem. 426 Oxidation products of the terebenes. |
Hence tereˈbenic a., in terebenic acid, synonym of terebic acid: see quot. 1868 s.v.