Definitions for nitrobenzene

nitrobenzene ni·tro·ben·zene

Spelling: [nahy-troh-ben-zeen, -ben-zeen]
IPA: /ˌnaɪ troʊˈbɛn zin, -bɛnˈzin/

Nitrobenzene is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 383 anagrams from letters in nitrobenzene (beeeinnnortz).

Definitions for nitrobenzene

noun

  1. a pale yellow, toxic, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , produced by nitrating benzene with nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of aniline.

Origin of nitrobenzene

First recorded in 1865-70; nitro- + benzene

Examples for nitrobenzene

It also appears as an intermediate product in the electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in sulphuric acid solution.

The purity of the product depends upon the quality of the benzene from which the nitrobenzene was prepared.

The nitrobenzoate is insoluble in ether alcohol, but is soluble in acetone, acetic acid, and nitrobenzene.

When this liquid was treated with a few drops of nitric acid mixture the smell of nitrobenzene was given off.

It is prepared from nitrobenzene by reducing it with stannous chloride and sodium hydroxide.

The residue of nitric acid which replaces hydrogen in benzene is the nitro-group, and the compound is nitrobenzene.

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