单词 | amyl compounds |
释义 | > as lemmasamyl compounds 2. attrib. = of amyl, amylic: as in amyl compounds, amyl series, amyl group; also amyl acetate, amyl chloride, amyl oxide, amyl sulphide, etc.; and esp. in amyl alcohol n. also called isopentyl alcohol, and isobutyl carbinol, CH.2CH3.(C2H4)OH, a burning acrid oily liquid of fetid odour, the chief constituent of Fusel oil, produced along with vinic alcohol in the manufacture of brandy. amyl hydride n. another name for pentane. ethyl-amyl-acetate n. the essence of jargonelle pears. ΚΠ 1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. (1872) I. 203 Amyl alcohol is difficult to set on fire, and burns with a white smoky flame. 1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. (1872) VI. 107 The amyl-compounds obtained from fusel-oil. < as lemmas |
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