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Definition of Dinitro
1. containing two nitro groups [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinitro
Literary usage of Dinitro
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The results showed that in the latter respect the metal present is practically
without influence on the tinctorial properties of dinitro-tf-naphthol, ..."
2. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"dinitro-benzol is at present largely employed in the manufacture of ... Huber *
finds that if dinitro- benzol is given to frogs by the mouth in doses of ..."
3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"... acid may be obtained from it by replacing the amido-group by chlorine and the
nitroxyl by hydrogen; its constitution is thus established. dinitro- ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"THE compounds described are a series of salts of dinitro-a-naphthol ... The action
of chlorin on dinitro-a-naphthol has been ..."