tolylenediamine
noun
tolylene·diamine
"+
: any of six isomeric crystalline bases CH3C6H3(NH2)2 derived from toluene of which some are used as dye intermediates: such as
a
: an isomer obtained by reduction of dinitrotoluene (see dinitrotoluene sense a); toluene-2,4-diamine
called also meta-tolylenediamine
b
: an isomer obtained by reduction of aminoazo-toluene; toluene-2,5-diamine
called also para-tolylenediamine
see safranine sense b
Word History
Etymology
tolylene + diamine
- Ammonitoidea
- ammonium
- ammonium bicarbonate
- ammonium bromide
- ammonium carbamate
- ammonium carbonate
- ammonium chloride
- ammonium cyanate
- ammonium dichromate
- ammonium hydrosulfide
- ammonium hydroxide
- ammonium molybdate
- ammonium nitrate
- ammonium perchlorate
- ammonium persulfate
- ammonium phosphate
- ammonium picrate
- ammonium sulfamate
- ammonium sulfate
- ammonium sulfide
- ammonium thiocyanate
- ammonium thioglycolate
- ammoniums
- ammoniuriae
- ammoniurias