benzaldehyden.
/bɛnˈzaldɪhʌɪd/ Chemistry.
A colourless liquid aldehyde, C6H5CHO, having the odour of bitter almonds and used in the manufacture of perfumes, dyes, etc.
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1866 W. Odling Lect. Animal Chem. 117 Some tolerably simple well-characterised substance—such..as benzaldehyd, or essential oil of bitter almonds.
1882 Boston Jrnl. Chem. Feb. 13/2 It is a by-product in the manufacture of benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, and benzoic ethers.
1920 Lancet 18 Sept. 615/2 He also found that the anæsthetic action which he had shown to be marked for benzyl alcohol is exhibited in a high degree by benzaldehyde.
1962 Lancet 1 Dec. 1168/1 Some substances such as benzaldehyde and camphor excite trigeminal afferents as well as olfactory afferents in the nasal passages.
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