Definition of Nitroparaffin

1. Noun. (chemistry) a class of aliphatic organic compounds containing a nitro functional group ¹

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Definition of Nitroparaffin

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitroparaffin

nitromethanes
nitromethyl
nitromethyls
nitromifene
nitromuriatic
nitron
nitronate
nitrone
nitrones
nitronic
nitronic acid
nitronium
nitroniums
nitroolefin
nitroolefins
nitroparaffin (current term)
nitroparaffins
nitrophenol
nitrophenol reductase
nitrophenols
nitrophenyl
nitrophenylgalactosides
nitrophenyls
nitrophenylsulfenyl
nitrophilous
nitrophnol
nitrophobic
nitrophobous
nitrophyte
nitrophytes

Literary usage of Nitroparaffin

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

1. Nitromethane from the People's Republic of China: An International Trade ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... Unit value data for sales of US-produced nitroparaffins (not including nitromethane) and their derivatives, by company and nitroparaffin type, ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"This behaviour is easily explained as follows :—Bromine has no action on the nitroparaffin alone, but when potassium primary ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The iodide is distilled with a mixture of silver nitrite and fine sand, when the corresponding nitroparaffin is obtained; thus, ethyl alcohol is ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry and Chemical Analysis: Prepared for Students of The by International Correspondence Schools (1900)
"The iodide is distilled with a mixture of silver nitrite and fine sand, when the corresponding nitroparaffin is obtained; thus, ethyl alcohol is converted ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"... we start from a secondary nitroparaffin, we get a tertiary radical in the hydroxylamine. If free secondary nitroparaffins are first formed, ..."

6. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Imperial Institute (Great Britain), Frederick Augustus Abel (1903)
"... formula may be summarised as follows — (i) When the cold aqueous solution of the salt of a nitroparaffin is decomposed with cold dilute acids the ..."

7. Watts' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical (based on Fownes' Manual). by Henry Watts, George Fownes, William Augustus Tilden (1886)
"A secondary nitroparaffin contains only one hydrogen-atom associated with the ... A tertiary nitroparaffin containing no hydrogen of this character gives no ..."

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