methoxyaniline

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noun

A colorless crystal, C₇H₉NO, which is used as an intermediate in a wide variety of commercial applications, including the synthesis of dyes, medecines, and perfumes.

Scrabble 29

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nounmethoxyaniline (countable and uncountable, plural methoxyanilines)

plural methoxyanilines

  1. countableuncountableA colorless crystal, C₇H₉NO, which is used as an intermediate in a wide variety of commercial applications, including the synthesis of dyes, medecines, and perfumes.

    Figure 2 shows the 70 eV EI-MS of the three positional isomers of methoxyaniline.

    2007, Zvi Rappoport, The Chemistry of Anilines (part 1, page 298)
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    Limited supply and the high cost of methoxyaniline, and the low yield of vanillin from lignosulfonates […], keeps the cost of vanillin high, and limits its use in the chemical industry.

    1965, Canada, Department of Forestry and Rural Development Translation, page 59

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