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benzol, benzole|ˈbɛnzɒl, -zəʊl|
[f. benz-oic + the ending of alcohol. The spelling -ole, is prob. intended to refer to L. oleum oil.]
1. Chem. (Benzol) The name given by Liebig in 1834 to what had at first been called benzine; generally used in chemistry till recent times, when it has been largely superseded by Hofmann's name benzene. (Less correctly spelt benzole.)
1838Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 609 Mitscherlich..has given the name of benzin, altered by Liebig to benzol. 1869Roscoe Elem. Chem. 408 Benzol (or Benzene)..can be prepared from its elements by synthesis. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 337 Benzole is excessively inflammable, and its vapour mixed with air is explosive.
2. In comb., as amido-benzol (= aniline), nitro-benzol: see benzene.
1869Roscoe Elem. Chem. 409 In contact with reducing agents, nitro-benzol undergoes reduction to aniline. Ibid., Aniline..is benzol in which one atom of hydrogen is replaced by the monad group NH2, and it is therefore properly called Amido-benzol. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 338 Nitro-benzole..odour greatly resembling bitter almonds.
3. Min. (Benzole) Dana's name for native benzene or benzol, as a species of his benzole group of mineral ‘oils’ of the general formula CnH2n—6; it has been detected in Rangoon tar. |