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What is an aniline?

What is an aniline? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aromatic amine, C6H5NH2, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.
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Nitrobenzene, which is used in the production of aniline, a major chemical intermediate in the production of dyes.
Basic ingredients are acid fuchsin, aniline blue, orange G, and phosphotungstic acid.
When aniline is reacted with excess acetic acid under dehydration conditions a white, crystalline material is formed, acetanilide.
Predominantly in the tangential walls, primary pit fields of high density are conspicuously labelled by aniline blue staining of callose.
In subsequent decades, a rainbow of other aniline dyestuffs were synthesized and made available to textile colorists.
Other uses of aniline include the manufacture of rubber processing chemicals and the production of agrochemicals and dyestuffs.

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