polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

English
Chemical structure of polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

Etymology

poly- +‎ oxy- +‎ benzyl +‎ methylene +‎ glycol +‎ anhydride

Noun

polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Bakelite
    • 2007, Elizabeth H. Oakes, Encyclopedia of world scientists: Volume 1, page 38:
      […] Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”
    • 2008, Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, More Bollocks to Alton Towers: Far from the Sodding Crowd:
      Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.
    • 2011, Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard:
      […] Yonkers was the home of Leo Baekeland, the Belgian chemist who had accidentally discovered polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, better known as Bakelite, while working to produce a synthetic replacement for shellac […]

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