Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of three isomeric compounds, (C10H7)2: they are colorless, and are prepared by passing naphthalene and stannic-chlorid vapor through a red-hot tube.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry, especially in combination Two
naphthyl radicals in a compound - noun organic chemistry
binaphthyl
Etymologies
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di- + naphthyl
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Examples
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Azo-dinaphthyl diamine is recognized by its peculiar orange cast, and is turned by hydrochloric acid to a dull, dirty violet.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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The above reactions show the similarity of this dinaphthyl derivative to the dicresyl derivative, and the absence in the former of characteristic reactions with iron salts is mainly accounted for by its lack of phenolic groups.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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