phenylacetic acid

phenylacetic acid
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Etymology: phenylacetic International Scientific Vocabulary phenyl + acetic
: a crystalline acid C6H5CH2COOH obtained usually by hydrolyzing benzyl cyanide and used chiefly in the manufacture of penicillin and in the form of esters with odor like honey in perfumes (as for soap); alpha-toluic acid

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Chem.
a white crystalline, aromatic acid, C8H8O2, used in the manufacture of penicillin and in perfumes.
[1875-80; PHENYL + ACETIC ACID]

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