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toluidine

toluidine noun: any of the three isomeric aromatic amines derived from toluene; they are used in the synthesis of certain dyes.

Noun

toluidine (plural toluidines)

  1. Any of the three isomeric aromatic amines derived from toluene; they are used in the synthesis of certain dyes

toluidine meaning in Tamil

toluidine in Tamil

தொலூயிடீன்

Forms of toluidine

pluraltoluidines

Origin of toluidine

Coined in 1845 by James Sheridan Muspratt and August Wilhelm von Hofmann who discovered the compound in the same year. They appended -ine to nitrotoluide, an obsolete term for nitrotoluene, which they reduced to get toluidine. Further, from German Nitrotoluid, from Toluid, an obsolete term for toluyl radical, both proposed by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1843 after tolu (Tolu balsam), which itself is from the Colombian city of Tolú, from Spanish tolúes (“name of a pre-Columbian people of the area”). By surface analysis, toluene + -idine

Questions about toluidine

What does toluidine mean?
Toluidine means any of the three isomeric aromatic amines derived from toluene; they are used in the synthesis of certain dyes.
What is toluidine in Tamil?
Toluidine in Tamil is தொலூயிடீன். See Toluidine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is toluidine?
Toluidine is a noun.
What is the plural of toluidine?
The plural of toluidine is toluidines.

Words near toluidine in the dictionary

  1. toluide
  2. toluides
  3. toluidide
  4. toluidides
  5. toluidin
  6. toluidine
  7. toluidines
  8. toluidinium
  9. toluidiniums
  10. toluidins
  11. toluidinyl

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