phthalic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of phthalic
First recorded in 1855–60; (na)phthal(ene) + -ic
Example Sentences
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But, said Wuest, in thalidomide the structural combination of glutamic and phthalic acids is most unusual.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of these compounds, phthalic acid, is obtained from naphthalene, and the other, resorcin or resorcinol, is prepared from benzene.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael
Baeyer, the eminent chemist who subsequently synthesised indigo, published the first of a series of investigations describing the compounds produced by heating phthalic anhydride with phenols.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael
Phthalimide may also be made by using 500 g. of phthalic anhydride and 500 g. of ammonium carbonate which has been previously ground in a mortar.
From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant
These discoveries necessitated the manufacture of phthalic acid and resorcinol.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael
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