iodobehenic acid

noun

An iodide, C₂₂H₄₂O₂I, formed by reducing erucic acid by the addition of hydrogen iodide

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nouniodobehenic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn iodide, C₂₂H₄₂O₂I, formed by reducing erucic acid by the addition of hydrogen iodide

    saiodine […] Trade name of a calcium salt of iodobehenic acid […]

    1920, Thomas Stedman, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, page 884
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    This acid, when treated with phosphorus triiodide, gave iodobehenic acid, which yielded behenic acid on reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid.

    1889, Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 56, Great Britain: Chemical Society, page 1146

    Iodobehenic acid, prepared by the direct addition of hydrogen iodide to erucic acid, was gradually added to a solution of an equal weight of caustic potash in 2 parts of 95 per cent. alcohol heated on the water-bath.

    1893, Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, page 549
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