noun
- An aromatic hydrocarbon; a benzene ring or a compound containing one or more benzene rings.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Benzene is the simplest arene.
- Toluene is an arene with a methyl group attached to the benzene ring.
- The chemist studied the reactivity of various arenes in the lab.
- Naphthalene is a polycyclic arene composed of two fused benzene rings.
- Arenes are important building blocks in organic synthesis.