Definition of benzaldehyde in English:
benzaldehyde
noun bɛnˈzaldɪhʌɪdbɛnˈzældəˌhaɪd
mass nounChemistry A colourless liquid aldehyde with the odour of bitter almonds, used in the manufacture of dyes and perfumes.
Chemical formula: C₆H₅CHO
Example sentencesExamples
- All assays were done using a 1: 600 dilution of benzaldehyde, except the last two columns.
- This herb contains amygdalin which hydrolizes into benzaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid.
- Apricot seeds are a strange molecular combination; part glucose and part the deadly poisons cyanide and benzaldehyde.
- In 1933, while researching the effects of high pressure on chemical reactants, a fellow scientist managed to produce a waxy solid from ethylene and benzaldehyde.
- It is thought that the distinguishing volatile compounds include the volatile phenols, benzaldehyde, vinylbenzene, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl vanillate, and methyl vanillate.
Definition of benzaldehyde in US English:
benzaldehyde
nounbenˈzaldəˌhīdbɛnˈzældəˌhaɪd
Chemistry A colorless liquid aldehyde with the odor of bitter almonds, used in the manufacture of dyes and perfumes.
Chemical formula: C₆H₅CHO
Example sentencesExamples
- It is thought that the distinguishing volatile compounds include the volatile phenols, benzaldehyde, vinylbenzene, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl vanillate, and methyl vanillate.
- In 1933, while researching the effects of high pressure on chemical reactants, a fellow scientist managed to produce a waxy solid from ethylene and benzaldehyde.
- All assays were done using a 1: 600 dilution of benzaldehyde, except the last two columns.
- This herb contains amygdalin which hydrolizes into benzaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid.
- Apricot seeds are a strange molecular combination; part glucose and part the deadly poisons cyanide and benzaldehyde.