durylic

English

Etymology

From durene +‎ -yl +‎ -ic.

Adjective

durylic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to durene.
   • 1886, Henry Watts, George Fownes, Sir William Augustus Tilden, Watts Manual of Chemistry, page 567:

     formed from durene and durylic acid by prolonged boiling with dilute nitric acid, crystallises in long transparent prisms, and sublimes at a high temperature.

   • 1912, William Hobson Mills, “The Preparation of Durylic and Pyromellitic Acids”, in The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science‎, volume 106, page 287:

     The process consists in the transformation of the ketone by sodium hypobromite into durylic acid, and the subsequent oxidation of the latter with potassium permanganate.

Related terms

• durylic acid