Definition of Ethanediol

1. Noun. A sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent.

Exact synonyms: Ethylene Glycol, Glycol
Generic synonyms: Antifreeze

Definition of Ethanediol

1. Noun. (organic compound) ethylene glycol ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethanediol

ethals
ethambutol hydrochloride
ethambutols
ethamine
ethamivan
ethamoxytriphetol
ethamsylate
ethanal
ethanal trimer
ethanamide
ethane
ethanediamine
ethanedinitrile
ethanedioic acid
ethanediol (current term)
ethanedithiol
ethanes
ethanethiol
ethanium
ethanoate
ethanoates
ethanoic
ethanoic acid
ethanoicer
ethanoicest
ethanol
ethanol acyltransferase
ethanolamide
ethanolamides

Literary usage of Ethanediol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The School World (1907)
"Ethyl alcohol is the primary product, but being more susceptible to oxidation than ethane itself it is rapidly converted into ethanediol, which is resolved ..."

2. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... m. ethanal (acetaldehyde). ethane, ¡n. ethane. éthane-diol, m. ethanediol. éthanol, m. ethanol, ethyl alcohol. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Trade-name for calcium permanganate. ACETAL (diethyl acetal ; ethylidene diethyl ether ; ethanediol (1 : 1) diethyl ether) С,Н,,Ог, or CH3-CH(OC2H5),. ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1922)
"... alcohol of this kind, derived from the paraffin hydrocarbons, is important enough to call for treatment here. Ethylene alcohol or glycol, ethanediol^ ..."

5. Organic Chemistry for the Laboratory by William Albert Noyes (1911)
"Preparation of a Diacid Alcohol from a Halogen Deriva- CH2OH tive of a Hydrocarbon.—Ethylene glycol, | (ethanediol). CH2OH Literature—Wurtz: Compt. rend., ..."

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