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Benzoic

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• Benzoic acid

  a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 6 O 2 , usually derived from benzoin or other balsams, or synthesized from phthalic acid or toluene: used chiefly as a preservative, in the synthesis of dyes, and in medicine as a germicide. Historical Examples Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the […]

• Benzoic aldehyde

  benzaldehyde. a colorless or yellowish, water-soluble, volatile oil, C 7 H 6 O, having a bitter, almondlike odor, used chiefly in the organic synthesis of dyes, perfumes, and flavors, and as a solvent; artificial oil of bitter almond. Historical Examples Coal Raphael Meldola Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 Various noun a yellowish fragrant […]

• Benzoin

  Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic. Also […]

• Benzol

  (no longer in technical use) benzene. Historical Examples Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 Various Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall The Preservation of Antiquities Friedrich Rathgen Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical […]

• Benzonatate

  a nonnarcotic substance, C 30 H 53 NO 11 , used as a cough suppressant.

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