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nitrophenol
[ nahy-truh-fee-nawl, -nol ]
/ ˌnaɪ trəˈfi nɔl, -nɒl /
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noun Chemistry.
any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
any of three water-soluble, crystalline isomers of such a derivative, having the formula C6H5NO3, occurring in yellow (ortho-nitrophenol ), pale-yellow (meta-nitrophenol ), and yellowish (para-nitrophenol ) solids, used chiefly as intermediates in organic synthesis and as indicators.
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How to use nitrophenol in a sentence
If an alkali is added, however, a highly dissociated salt of para-nitrophenol is formed, and the yellow colour is at once evident.
Thus para-nitrophenol has colourless molecules, but an intensely yellow negative ion.
This equilibrium curve, therefore, shows that o-nitrophenol and p-toluidine do not combine with one another.
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