methoxyaniline

English

Noun

methoxyaniline (countable and uncountable, plural methoxyanilines)

  1. 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.
    • 1965, Canada, Department of Forestry and Rural Development Translation, page 59:
      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.
    • 2007, Zvi Rappoport, The Chemistry of Anilines (part 1, page 298)
      Figure 2 shows the 70 eV EI-MS of the three positional isomers of methoxyaniline.
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