ANILINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aniline mean? 

• ANILINE (noun)
  The noun ANILINE has 1 sense:

1. oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines

  Familiarity information: ANILINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANILINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

aminobenzine; aniline; aniline oil; phenylamine

Hypernyms ("aniline" is a kind of...):

amine; aminoalkane (a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals)

 Context examples 

Nitrobenzene is primarily used in the manufacture of aniline, but is also used in the manufacture of lubricating oils, dyes, drugs, pesticides, and synthetic rubber.

(Nitrobenzene, NCI Thesaurus)

Coal tar is a complex mixture of organic substances, including benzene, phenols, sulfur, aniline, toluene, xylene, naphthalene, anthracene and phenanthrene.

(Coal Tar, NCI Thesaurus)

In the chemical industry, this agent is used in the preparation of various aniline dyes, perfumes, flavorings, and pharmaceuticals.

(Benzaldehyde, NCI Thesaurus)

Aniline mustard forms covalent linkages with nucleophilic centers, resulting in depurination, base miscoding and strand scission, and crosslinking of DNA strands, all of which contribute to its cytotoxicity.

(Aniline Mustard, NCI Thesaurus)