phenylpropyl acetate

[ fen-l-proh-pil, feen-, fen-, feen- ]

/ ˈfɛn lˈproʊ pɪl, ˈfin-, ˌfɛn-, ˌfin- /

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C10H12O2, used chiefly in perfumery.

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Also propylphenyl acetate.

Origin of phenylpropyl acetate

phenyl + propyl

Words nearby phenylpropyl acetate

phenylketonuria, phenyllactic acid, phenylmethane, phenylmethylcarbinyl acetate, phenylpropanolamine, phenylpropyl acetate, phenylpyruvic oligophrenia, phenylthiocarbamide, phenylthiourea, phenyl valerate, phenytoin

How to use phenylpropyl acetate in a sentence

A record would spend years in larval form as an acetate, the big waxy master from which copies were made.
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Once both tracks hit acetate, a master record was sent to URP for pressing.
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The prototypes are built from a recyclable flat foam-rubber called ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA).
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This fluid is then heated, adding crystals of sodium acetate until it becomes perfectly clear.
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A portion of the yellow filtrate gave a reddish yellow precipitate with lead acetate.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
A precipitate obtained by adding lead acetate to a filtered solution of the original substance in 50 per cent.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
To the filtrate was added an excess of a solution of lead acetate in 50 per cent.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
The poison, if precipitated at all by lead acetate, must have gone down in one of the preceding fractions.
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