benzal

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Etymology edit

Noun edit

benzal (countable and uncountable, plural benzals)

(organic chemistry) A transparent crystalline substance, C₆H₅.CO. NH₂, obtained by the action of ammonia on benzoyl chloride and by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

Derived terms edit

benzal chloride

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “benzal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams edit

blazen