aniline

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines

Word Origin

aniline (n.)
chemical base used in making colorful dyes, 1843, coined 1841 by German chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche (1808-1871) and adopted by Hofmann, ultimately from Portuguese anil "the indigo shrub," from Arabic an-nil "the indigo," assimilated from al-nil, from Persian nila, ultimately from Sanskrit nili "indigo," from nilah "dark blue." With suffix -ine indicating "derived substance" (see -ine (1); also see -ine (2) for the later, more precise, use of the suffix in chemistry).

Example

1. Painting with aniline colors : yellow , crimson and green .
2. Temperature polished cowhide aniline leather high international business cards in " the " two countries .
3. Aniline , according to the u.s. environmental protection agency , is an oily but colorless and water soluble chemical intermediate that is a probable carcinogen .
4. The reaction rate constants of each basic reactions of indole formation horn aniline and glycol are calculated horn 300k to 1000k using tst method .
5. The results show that the acute toxicity of aniline 's derivatives is stronger than the aniline in 96h ec50 toxicity values , and the intensity of the toxicity is dependent on the power of fat resolvability , chemical activity , polarity and stability .

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