Definition of Oxybenzene

1. Noun. A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally.


Definition of Oxybenzene

1. n. Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol.

Definition of Oxybenzene

1. Noun. (dated organic chemistry) phenol ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Oxybenzene

1. Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol. Origin: Oxy- + benzene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxybenzene

oxyacid
oxyacids
oxyacoia
oxyammonia
oxyamphetamine
oxyanion
oxyanions
oxyanthrarufin
oxyaphia
oxyarc
oxyarcs
oxyarsenide
oxyarsenides
oxyarylation
oxybarbiturates
oxybenzene (current term)
oxybenzenes
oxybenzoic
oxybenzone
oxybiotin
oxybromic
oxybutynin chloride
oxybutyric
oxybutyric acid
oxycalcium
oxycalcium light
oxycalcium lights
oxycalorimeter
oxycaproic
oxycaproic acid

Literary usage of Oxybenzene

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

1. Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Medical Students by Gustav von Bunge, Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1907)
"When the potassium salt of the sulphonic acid is fused with potassium hydrate, potassium sulphite and oxybenzene are obtained : C6H, ..."

2. The Year-book for Colorists and Dyers: Presenting a Review of the Year's by Herman A Metz (1907)
"In presence of said hydroxides the transformation of said diazotized ortho-amino-oxybenzene derivatives with chromotropic acid occurs at ordinary ..."

3. Methods of Organic Analysis by Henry Clapp Sherman (1912)
"According to Halliburton 2 this reaction depends upon the presence of an oxybenzene nucleus. Salkowski has proposed (Z. physiol. Chem., 12, 219 ; Vaubel, I, ..."

4. Methods of Organic Analysis by Henry Clapp Sherman (1905)
"According to Halliburton * this reaction depends upon the presence of an oxybenzene nucleus. 2. Mil/on's Reaction. — On heating with Millon's ..."

5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1905)
"According to Halliburton * this reaction depends upon the presence of an oxybenzene nucleus. 2. Mil/on s Reaction. — On heating with Millon's ..."

6. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1905)
"According to Halliburton * this reaction depends upon the presence of an oxybenzene nucleus. 2. Mil/on's Reaction. — On heating with Millon's reagent! ..."

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