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methoxyaniline

methoxyaniline noun: a colorless crystal, C₇H₉NO, which is used as an intermediate in a wide variety of commercial applications, including the synthesis of dyes, medecines, and perfumes.

Noun

methoxyaniline (countable and uncountable, plural methoxyanilines)

  1. A colorless crystal, C₇H₉NO, which is used as an intermediate in a wide variety of commercial applications, including the synthesis of dyes, medecines, and perfumes.
    • Limited supply and the high cost of methoxyaniline, and the low yield of vanillin from lignosulfonates […], keeps the cost of vanillin high, and limits its use in the chemical industry.1965, Canada, Department of Forestry and Rural Development Translation, page 59
    • Figure 2 shows the 70 eV EI-MS of the three positional isomers of methoxyaniline.2007, Zvi Rappoport, The Chemistry of Anilines (part 1, page 298)

Forms of methoxyaniline

pluralmethoxyanilines

Questions about methoxyaniline

What does methoxyaniline mean?
Methoxyaniline means a colorless crystal, C₇H₉NO, which is used as an intermediate in a wide variety of commercial applications, including the synthesis of dyes, medecines, and perfumes.
What part of speech is methoxyaniline?
Methoxyaniline is a noun.
What is the plural of methoxyaniline?
The plural of methoxyaniline is methoxyanilines.

Words near methoxyaniline in the dictionary

  1. methoxy-
  2. methoxyamination
  3. methoxyamine
  4. methoxyamphetamine
  5. methoxyamphetamines
  6. methoxyaniline
  7. methoxyanilines
  8. methoxyarene
  9. methoxyarenes
  10. methoxybenzamide
  11. methoxybenzamides

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