fluor benzoIc

[Eng. fluor (ine), and benzoic (q. v.).] (See the compound.) fluor benzoic-acid, s. Chem.: CHF COOH(1-3). Obtained by warming diazo amido-benzoic acid with fuming hydrofluoric acid. It crystallizes out of hot water in rhombic prisms which melt at 182°. It can be distilled over with steam. It is slightly soluble in cold water, easily soluble in alcohol and in ether. By long boiling with concentrated nitric_acid it is converted into nitro fluor benzoic acid. It forms crystalline salts.