dinitrophenol
[ dahy-nahy-truh-fee-nawl, -nol ]
nounChemistry, Pharmacology.
any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C6H4N2O5, used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
Origin of dinitrophenol
1First recorded in 1895–1900; di-1 + nitrophenol
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How to use dinitrophenol in a sentence
This is nitrated into dinitrochlorbenzene, and is then treated with caustic soda to give dinitrophenol.
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