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Definition of Methylal
1. n. A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.
Definition of Methylal
1. Noun. (organic compound) Dimethoxymethane. ¹
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Definition of Methylal
1. a flammable liquid [n -S]
Medical Definition of Methylal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Methylal
Literary usage of Methylal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"methylal boils at 107.6°, and corresponds to acetal. ... and then to lose 1 equiv,
of water, which gives methylal ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"Chlorine gas passed through methylal acts very slowly upon it, causing rise of
temperature ... methylal, gently heated with moderately dilute nitric acid, ..."
3. Artificial Anæsthesia and Anæsthetics by Henry Munson Lyman (1881)
"Specific gravity. 0.8551. Boiling.point, 42° (107.6° F.). Vapor density, 2.625.
methylal is a limpid liquid, smelling like acetic acid. ..."
4. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopical and Chemical by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"The reagent consists of 10 cc of a 1 per cent, aqueous solution of eosin, to
which 8 cc of methylal and 10 cc of a saturated aqueous solution of medicinal ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Roberts Bartholow (1903)
"methylal.—This new agent has been long known to chemists, ... methylal is highly
volatile, is soluble in water and alcohol, and can be made into a ..."
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