PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phthalic anhydride mean? 

• PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE (noun)
  The noun PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE has 1 sense:

1. a white cyclic anhydride

  Familiarity information: PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white cyclic anhydride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("phthalic anhydride" is a kind of...):

anhydride (a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water)

 Context examples 

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derived from anthracene or phthalic anhydride.

(Anthraquinone, NCI Thesaurus)

It is prepared by heating phthalic anhydride and resorcinol over a zinc catalyst, and it crystallizes as a deep red powder.

(Fluorescein, NCI Thesaurus)

Naphthalene is obtained from either coal tar or petroleum distillation and is primarily used to manufacture phthalic anhydride, but is also used in moth repellents.

(Naphthalene, NCI Thesaurus)