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Definition of Naphthols
1. naphthol [n] - See also: naphthol
Medical Definition of Naphthols
1. Naphthalene derivatives carrying one or more hydroxyl (-oh) groups at any ring position. They are often used in dyes and pigments, as antioxidants for rubber, fats, and oils, as insecticide, in pharmaceuticals, and in numerous other applications. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naphthols
Literary usage of Naphthols
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"2,4-Dinitro-a-naphthol, melting at 138°, is produced by the action of nitric acid
upon these nitro-naphthols or upon naphthalene-n-sulphonic acid, ..."
2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"naphthols.—naphthols are found in coal tar though in small amount. They have a
high germicidal value about the equal of phenols. ..."
3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1910)
"With sulphuric acid the naphthols combine to form an important series of sulphonic
acids. Nitric acid does not nitrate the naphthols in a simple manner' ..."
4. Organic Compounds of Mercury by Frank Clifford Whitmore (1921)
"Mercury Derivatives of Phenols, naphthols, and Related Compounds. Mercury Derivatives
of Phenol.1 The compounds formerly regarded as '0 — Hg compounds of ..."
5. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds; Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1885)
"... or the phosphoric esters of the naphthols with potassium cyanide (p. 525).
... from the two naphthols when they are treated with CO2 and sodium; ..."
6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1900)
"They serve for the preparation of the corresponding naphthols, C10H,OH (page 201).
Chlorine and bromine act on naphthalene with formation of various chloro- ..."
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