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durylic

durylic adjective: of or pertaining to durene.

Adjective

durylic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to durene.
    • formed from durene and durylic acid by prolonged boiling with dilute nitric acid, crystallises in long transparent prisms, and sublimes at a high temperature.1886, Henry Watts, George Fownes, Sir William Augustus Tilden, Watts Manual of Chemistry, page 567
    • The process consists in the transformation of the ketone by sodium hypobromite into durylic acid, and the subsequent oxidation of the latter with potassium permanganate.1912, William Hobson Mills, “The Preparation of Durylic and Pyromellitic Acids”, in The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, volume 106, page 287

Origin of durylic

From durene + -yl + -ic.

Phrases with durylic

Questions about durylic

What does durylic mean?
Durylic means of or pertaining to durene.
What part of speech is durylic?
Durylic is an adjective.

Words near durylic in the dictionary

  1. durwaza bund
  2. Durweston
  3. Dury
  4. Duryea
  5. Duryeas
  6. durylic
  7. durylic acid
  8. durylic acids
  9. Duryodhana
  10. duryoen
  11. duryoens

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