phenyl (fe'nil)

A univalent radicle, G3H5. p. acetate. A colorle liquid, CeH5- (CH3COO), the boiling at index same refractive 1 93° as C. common It has soda-lime gla , thus rendering invisible a tube of such gla dipped into it. p.- acetic acid. See under acid, p'acetic aldehyd. A liquid, C6H5.CH2.CHO. p. ace to nitril. Benzyl cyanid; a liquid, CeH5CH2.CN, the chief constituent of the oils of Tropaeolum majus and Lepidium sativum. It is a violent poison, and is excreted in the urine as phenaceturic acid. p'alanin. QH5.CH2.CHNH2.COOH, an amido acid, found widely distributed in the protein molecule. The dextro form is the one found in nature, p. alcohol. Carbolic acid, p'amido propionic acid. See p'alanin. p'ethyl am in. A liquid base, CsHuN, formed by the decomposition of p'am in do propionic acid, p'glucosazone. Syn.: glucosazone. G5H10O4- (N.NH.CeHs), the osazone of glucose, which is used in the identification of glucose or fructose. A yellow crystalline substance, whose melting point is 205 °. p'hydrazin. The compound, CeHsNH-— NH2. It is used as a test for sugar in urine, p'hydrid. Benzene, p'methyl ketone. A liquid, CeH5.CO.CH3, having a strong odor, resembling that of cherry laurel and giving, when taken internally, a peculiar and disagreeable odor to the breath, p'propionic acid. See under acid. p. salicylate. The salicylic ester of phenyl, CeH4(OH)COOQH5 1 -.2. Salol, as it is almost universally called, is decomposed in the intestine with the liberation of the constituents, phenol and salicylic acid, both of which are actively antiseptic. Salol is also used pharmaceutically to coat pills which are intended to pa through the stomach unchanged and di olve in the intestine. [Phenyl is salicylas, U. S. Ph.; salol, Br. Ph.]