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Definition of Phthalic anhydride
1. Noun. A white cyclic anhydride.
Definition of Phthalic anhydride
1. Noun. (organic compound) The acid anhydride of phthalic acid; manufactured by the oxidation of xylene or naphthalene, widely used in the synthesis of dyes, insecticides, plasticizers and pharmaceuticals. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phthalic Anhydride
Literary usage of Phthalic anhydride
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 (1910)
"Carbamide and phthalic anhydride.—When these substances are mixed in equimolecular
proportion and heated they melt, then after a time solidify and, finally, ..."
2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1889)
"It has been recommended as a febrifuge. phthalic anhydride. ... phthalic anhydride
is prepared by heating phthalic acid to about 200° in a current of air or ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"... and phthalic anhydride is treated with sulphuric acid—5 grams of pyrocatechol,
6-8 grams phthalic anhydride and 75 grams sulphuric acid are heated for ..."
4. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge, Charles Alexander Keane, E. Adam, P. Aulich, T. L. Bailey, C. O. Bannister (1914)
"phthalic anhydride crystallises in long, colourless needles which melt at 128°
and boil at ... On melting phthalic anhydride with resorcinol in a test tube, ..."
5. The Practical Methods of Organic Chemistry by Ludwig Gattermann, William Bush Schober (1919)
"REACTION: CONDENSATION OF phthalic anhydride WITH A PHENOL TO AN ... grammes of
pure hydroquinone and 20 grammes of phthalic anhydride is heated in an open ..."
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