The important constituents of this portion are carbolic acid and naphthalene.
As aniline is to benzene, so are the naphthylamines to naphthalene.
The story of naphthalene is summarized in the schemes on pp. 164, 165.
It is possible to start from benzene, toluene or naphthalene.
An excess of naphthalene should also be avoided, since, on account of its strong odour, soaps containing much of it are unpopular.
naphthalene also begins to show in quantity in the tar as soon as the yield of gas reaches 10,000 cub.
Owing to the structure of the naphthalene molecule there are two isomeric naphthols, whereas there is only one phenol.
Other colouring-matters of the same group are in use; some of them, like “new blue,” being derivatives of naphthalene.
It is an amido-derivative of a sulpho-acid of beta-naphthol, so that naphthalene is the generating hydrocarbon of this substance.
He found that by acting on naphthalene—the moth-ball stuff—with chlorine he got a series of useful products called "halowaxes."
naphthalene naph·tha·lene or naph·tha·line (nāf'thə-lēn', nāp'-) or naph·tha·lin (-lĭn)
n.
A toxic carcinogenic hydrocarbon derived from coal tar or petroleum and used as a solvent.
