oxanilicadj.
/ˌɒksaˈnɪlɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑksəˈnɪlɪk/ Chemistry.
oxanilic acid n. a crystalline acid, C6H5·NH·CO·COOH, obtained by heating aniline with oxalic acid; phenyloxamic acid; (also) a substituted derivative of this.
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1850 A. W. Hofmann in Q. Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 2 facing p. 331 (table) Compounds produced from Acid Salts by elimination of 2 equivs. of Water... Oxanilic acid, Succinalinic acid.
1909 Science 3 Sept. 320/1 Similar experiments have been carried out with the following aliphatic amidic acids: furmaranilic, maleanilic, malanilic, tartranilic and oxanilic, but in no case could a similar transformation into the substituted imide be detected.
1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) xxi. 406 The half anilide, oxanilic acid, COOH·CO·NH·C6H5, is formed when aniline oxalate is heated at 130°–140°.
1985 Biochem. Pharmacol. 34 20208/1 The formation of oxanilic acids as minor metabolites of certain aromatic amines and their derivatives has been reported.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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