toluol

[ tol-yoo-ohl, -awl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chemistry.

toluol

/ ˈtɒljʊˌɒl /

Origin of toluol¹

First recorded in 1835–45; tolu + -ol ²

From these sources the monthly production of toluol in 1920 would have been increased by 600,000 pounds a month.

The first step is to chlorinate ordinary toluol, one of the coal tar bases, to produce benzyl chloride.

When treated with nitric acid in the usual way it takes up like the others three nitro groups and so becomes tri-nitro-toluol.

It weighs 200 pounds and has a bursting charge of 86 pounds of tri-nitro-toluol.

Iodine-eosine is a red compound easily soluble in water, which is not soluble in ether, chloroform, or toluol.

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