polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

English

Chemical structure of polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

Etymology

poly- +‎ oxy- +‎ benzyl +‎ methylene +‎ glycol +‎ anhydride

Noun

polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride (uncountable)

1. Synonym of Bakelite
   • 2007, Elizabeth H. Oakes, Encyclopedia of world scientists: Volume 1, page 38:

     […] Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”

   • 2008, Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, More Bollocks to Alton Towers: Far from the Sodding Crowd:

     Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.

   • 2011, Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard:

     […] Yonkers was the home of Leo Baekeland, the Belgian chemist who had accidentally discovered polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, better known as Bakelite, while working to produce a synthetic replacement for shellac […]

Alternative forms

• polyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride