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Definition of Benzidine

1. a hydrocarbon [n -S] - See also: hydrocarbon

Medical Definition of Benzidine

1. NH2C6H4C6 H4NH2; p-Diaminodiphenyl;a colourless, crystalline compound used to detect sulfates in water analysis, for the identification of blood, and as a reagent in special stains; because it has been identified as a carcinogen, its current use is limited. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benzidine

Literary usage of Benzidine

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1. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1912)
"C6H5, is formed, which by intramolecular change is converted into benzidine (dihydrochloride). Some of the isomeric op-diamino- diphenyl is simultaneously ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"benzidine if inodorous ; scarcely soluble in cold water, readily in hot water, ... When a solution of benzidine, or its salts, is treated with chlorine, ..."

3. A Text-book of organic chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1913)
"By reducing azobenzene in acid solution, benzidine is formed directly. It is characterized by the sparing solubility in cold water of its sulphate. ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1912)
"The nearly insoluble benzidine sulphate is precipitated, while the sulphates of the isomeric base and of aniline remain in solution. ..."

5. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1907)
"benzidine Conversion. The well-known change of hydrazo- benzene to benzidine on boiling with mineral acids, known as the benzidine conversion, is analogous ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"When treated with nitrous acid, benzidine hydrochloride is transformed into a ... The number of colouring matters of this kind prepared from benzidine ¡я ..."

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