nitrosobenzene

American

[nahy-troh-soh-ben-zeen, -ben-zeen] / naɪˌtroʊ soʊˈbɛn zin, -bɛnˈzin /

noun

Chemistry.

a blue, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 5 NO, that is green as a molten solid or in solution.

Etymology

Origin of nitrosobenzene

nitroso- + benzene

Example Sentences

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Azo-benzene, C6H5N:NC6H5, discovered by E. Mitscherlich in 1834, may be prepared by reducing nitrobenzene in alcoholic solution with zinc dust and caustic soda; by the condensation of nitrosobenzene with aniline in hot glacial acetic acid solution; or by the oxidation of aniline with sodium hypobromite.

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