mauvanilinen.
/məʊˈvanᵻlʌɪn/, U.S. /moʊˈvænəˌlaɪn/ Chemistry. Now disused.
An aniline derivative formerly used in the production of purple-red dyes.
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1872 H. Watts Dict Chem. Suppl. 806/1 Mauvaniline C19H17N3.., a base produced by the action of dehydrogenising agents on a mixture of aniline and toluidine.
1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii. 741/2 Mauvaniline.., C19H17N3, a lower homologue of rosaniline, prepared by heating a mixture of commercial aniline and dry arsenic acid in a sealed tube.
1906 H. F. Morley & M. M. P. Muir Watts' Dict. Chem. III. 195/2 Mauvaniline.., a by-product in the preparation of rosaniline by the oxidation of crude aniline... Its salts..dye silk and wool mallow-red.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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