benzyl benzoate

American  

noun

Chemistry, Pharmacology.

1. a colorless, faintly aromatic liquid, C 14 H 12 O 2 , used chiefly as a fixative and solvent in the manufacture of flavorings and perfume and in medicine in the treatment of certain skin conditions.

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Etymology

Origin of benzyl benzoate

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

They are now experimenting with a concoction of DDT, benzyl benzoate to kill the mites and a secret ingredient which kills the eggs, in the skin-deep burrows.

From Time Magazine Archive

In recent years dermatologists have been curing itchers with benzyl benzoate, which causes less rash.

From Time Magazine Archive

The temperature then rises rapidly to the boiling-point of benzyl benzoate, when the receivers are changed.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

The oil consists chiefly of benzyl benzoate and cinnamate, together with styracin, or cinnamyl cinnamate, and a small quantity of free benzoic and cinnamic acids.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

The recovered benzyl alcohol can be used for the preparation of a second lot of benzyl benzoate only after it has been boiled with strong sodium hydroxide to remove all traces of benzaldehyde.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant