rosaniline

American  

[roh-zan-l-in, -ahyn] / roʊˈzæn l ɪn, -ˌaɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.

2. the base, C 2 0 H 2 1 N 3 O, which, with hydrochloric acid, forms this dye.

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rosaniline British  

/ rəʊˈzænɪˌliːn, -lɪn /

noun

1. a reddish-brown crystalline insoluble derivative of aniline used, in the form of its soluble hydrochloride, as a red dye See also fuchsin

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Etymology

Origin of rosaniline

First recorded in 1860–65; rose ¹ + aniline

Example Sentences

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rosaniline

Unless carefully crystallised rosaniline will contain a slight proportion of the arseniate, and when articles of clothing are dyed with the salt, it is likely to produce an inflammatory condition of skin, when worn.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Edward A. Martin

FUCHSINE, or Magenta, a red dye-stuff consisting of a mixture of the hydrochlorides or acetates of pararosaniline and rosaniline.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Magenta is the salt of a base now known as rosaniline, and it belongs therefore to the class of basic colouring-matters.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola

In 1862 he showed that magenta was the salt of a base which he isolated, analysed, and named rosaniline.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola

Among these products may be mentioned aniline, rosaniline, napthaline, chinoline, carbolic acid, picric acid, &c., with their derivatives.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter