acetic anhydride

NOUN
  1. a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin
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How To Use acetic anhydride In A Sentence

  • The acid solution is a mixture of glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, and sulfuric acid.
  • Second, the alkaloid is refluxed with acetic anhydride for about five hours.
  • The segment -- which serves customers in the chemical, paint and adhesives industries -- produces and supplies acetyl products such as acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer, acetic anhydride and other acetyl derivatives. Celanese Raises Full-Year Forecast
  • An interesting development is the direct synthesis of acetic anhydride, used to make cellulose acetate for photographic film base.
  • Second, the alkaloid is refluxed with acetic anhydride for about five hours.
  • My most ambitious attempt was a multistep sequence aimed at synthesizing aspirin, for which I needed acetic anhydride, which had to be made from acetyl chloride, for which I needed phosphorus trichloride, for which I needed to burn red phosphorus in a stream of chlorine gas. Roger Y. Tsien - Autobiography
  • From 1 to 1.5 grammes of the glycerine is weighed into a conical flask of about 150 c.c. capacity, 7 or 8 c.c. of acetic anhydride added, together with about 3 grammes of anhydrous sodium acetate, and the whole boiled on a sand-bath under a reflux condenser for one to one and a half hours, after which it is allowed to cool, 50 c.c. water added, and the ester dissolved by shaking, and gently warming, the reflux condenser still being attached as the acetin is very volatile. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
  • An alcohol evaporator for production of acetic acid and acetic anhydride exploded during operation.
  • New progress for phenylacetone synthesis from organic zinc reagent and acetic anhydride was studied.
  • My most ambitious attempt was a multistep sequence aimed at synthesizing aspirin, for which I needed acetic anhydride, which had to be made from acetyl chloride, for which I needed phosphorus trichloride, for which I needed to burn red phosphorus in a stream of chlorine gas. Roger Y. Tsien - Autobiography
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