durylic acid

Definitions

An acid derived from durene, C₁₀H₁₂O₂, that forms needlelike crystals.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“formed from durene and durylic acid by prolonged boiling with dilute nitric acid, crystallises in long transparent prisms, and sublimes at a high temperature.”

“The process⟳ consists in the transformation of the ketone by sodium hypobromite into durylic acid, and the subsequent oxidation of the latter with potassium permanganate.”

“Durylic acid may give⟳ a small amount of nitrotrimethylbenzene when nitrated with strong nitric acid while prehnitenecarboxylic acid forms dinitroprenitene quantitatively with fuming nitric acid and sulfuric acid at 10°.”

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