propyln.

1850 A. W. Hofmann in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 127 Substances of the formula C₁₈H₁₃N will also be obtained..by fixing upon aniline the radical (propyl) belonging to the missing alcohol of propionic acid.

1887 S. Moore & E. Aveling tr. K. Marx Capital I. i. 18 Butyric acid is a different substance from propyl formate. Yet both are made up of the same chemical substances, carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O), and that, too, in like proportions—namely, C₄H₈O₂.

1950 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) X. 223/1 n-Propyl radical is formed by exposing the vapour of di-n-propyl ketone to ultra-violet light at 2 mm. pressure.

1981 P. Sykes Guidebk. to Mechanism in Org. Chem. (ed. 5) v. 108 The 1-propyl cation rearranged to the 2-propyl cation by the migration of a hydrogen atom with its electron pair from C₂ to the carbonium ion carbon C₁.

1987 E. Ronay Bird's Eye Guide Healthy Eating Out 21/1 Some additives..are synthetic such as the antioxidant propyl gallate.

1873 F. W. Clarke Constants of Nature 145 (table) Propyl acetate.

1892 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 14 59 The boiling point of i-propyl acetate is not 76°.

1911 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 33 527 Ethyl methyl normal propylacetate.

1985 J. R. Mason in L. T. Benjamin et al. Handbk. for Teaching Introd. Psychol. ii. 170 Each cross-adaptation trial should consist of sniffing the high (or low) concentration of propyl acetate followed immediately by sniffing one of the five butyl acetate concentrations.

1876 H. E. Armstrong Introd. Study Org. Chem. ix. 267 Normal primary valeric or valerianic acid (propylacetic acid), CH₃.CH₂.CH₂.CH₂CO(OH), may be obtained by oxidation of normal primary amylic alcohol.

1985 Jrnl. Medicinal Chem. 28 413 These analogues were synthesized to evaluate the role of the carboxylic acid group as an essential substituent in valproic acid (di-n-propylacetic acid).

1873 I. Remsen tr. R. Fittig Wöhler's Outl. Org. Chem. 133 Propylacetylene (isomeric with valerylene), C⁵H⁸... A liquid boiling at 50°.

1989 Organometallics 8 2564/2 tert-Butyl- and propylacetylene add oxidatively to the cobalt centre.

1851 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 392 The discoverer of this base [sc. propylamine], believes that it stands to the unknown propyl-alcohol in the same relation which exists between methylamine..and methylic..alcohol.

1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxx. 273 Propyl alcohol, when oxidized, yields propionic acid.

1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. ii. iii. 22 The first substitution gives a straight-chain alcohol, normal propyl alcohol (III), the second gives a branched-chain compound, isopropyl alcohol (IV).

1967 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 5) I. vi. 158 Two isomeric propyl alcohols are possible, and both are known. n-Propyl alcohol..was originally obtained from fusel oil.

1995 R. Weir Hist. Distillers Co., 1877–1939 xviii. 334 ‘Alcohol derivatives and solvents’..embraced acetone, acetic acid, methyl alcohol and methyl acetate, amyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, and propyl alcohol.

1856 Proc. Royal Soc. 8 35 Acrylic alcohol..is isomeric with acetone and with propyl-aldehyde.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 532/1 (table) Propyl aldehyde... CH₃·CH₂·CHO.

2000 Jrnl. Org. Chem. 65 7349/1 Propyl aldehyde was synthesized starting from 4-bromobenzaldehyde.

1851 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 392 Propylamine occurs, associated with methylamine, among the basic products of decomposition of codeine.

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 891 Sulphate of propylamine is crystalline and deliquescent.

1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) iv. 111 A molecular rearrangement is occasionally met with, e.g. the production of isopropyl alcohol from n-propylamine.

1983 Carbohydrate Res. 112 195 When 2-propylamine was added to the mixture before processing in the foregoing reaction, the yield..was raised to 67 %.

1996 M. J. Winter d-Block Chem. (1998) iii. 32 The reaction of bis -(salicylaldehydato)nickel(II) with propylamine to give bis-(N -propylsalicylideneaminato)nickel(II).

1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 577 Propyl-benzene..is produced by distilling cuminic acid with excess of baryta.

1967 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 5) I. xxvii. 690 The oxidation of n-propylbenzene gives propiophenone and benzyl methyl ketone.

1992 Energy & Fuels 6 89/2 Even with simple alkylbenzenes such as propylbenzene, tridecylbenzene, and pentadecylbenzene small quantities of products other than the expected alkanoic acid are formed.

1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) iii. 553 H.C₃H₇ Propyl hydride.

1873 J. P. Cooke New Chem. (1874) xii. 307 Propyl hydride is the third in a series of homologous compounds.

1914 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 36 1897 C₇H₁₀ON₂S (propylthiouracil).

1945 Jrnl. Clin. Endocrinol. 5 424/2 It seemed fitting to test the effectiveness of ethylthiouracil and propylthiouracil in human beings suffering from hyperthyroidism.

1995 Guardian 27 Apr. (OnLine section) 12/2 Bartoshuk's experiments..involve testing people for taste blindness to PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) and its chemical relative PROP (6-n-propylthiouracil). Some people find PTC and PROP excruciatingly bitter whereas others cannot taste it at all.