noun. A crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C₁₄H₁₀, extracted from coal tar and used in the manufacture of dyes and organic chemicals.

noun. A poisonous ptomaïne obtained from cultures of the anthrax bacillus.

noun. A hydrocarbon (C₁₄H₁₀) found in coal-tar, and extracted from the last portion of the distillate from this substance by chilling and pressure.

noun. A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.

noun. A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides and the dye alizarin; it is isomeric with phenanthrene.

"From this tar are produced a pound of benzine, a pound of toluene, a pound and a half of phenol, six pounds of naphthalene, a small quantity of a material called xylene and half a pound of anthracene, which is used in dyeing."

anthracene acid-black  

acenaphthene  acyclic  assembliesand  cyanidin  diterpene  

anthracin