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Definition of Amyl alcohol
1. Noun. A mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
Definition of Amyl alcohol
1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of the isomers of pentanol, C5H11OH; the principal constituent of fusel oil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Amyl alcohol
1. 1-pentanol;used as a solvent for varnishes and oils; highly toxic, with irritating vapors. See: fusel oil. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amyl Alcohol
Literary usage of Amyl alcohol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"salicylic- acid in amyl alcohol, and after some hours pouring into water and
working up as usual. It is uned medicinally as an ..."
2. American Druggist (1893)
"Fusel oil from potato spirit (which is much produced in Germany) contains
principally iso-amyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol, and therefore furnishes, ..."
3. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"amyl alcohol, Normal* CHs(CH2)4OH. Color and properties: Colorless liquid; ...
Derivation: By adding sulfuric acid to a mixture of amyl alcohol and butyric ..."
4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"Normal amyl alcohol boils at 137° C. Iso-amyl alcohol boils at 128° to 132°
C., and has a density of •8148 at 14° C. This is the variety of amyl hydrate ..."
5. Fownes' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1878)
"The liquid thus obtained consists chiefly of amyl alcohol, sometimes mixed with
... The amyl alcohol may be obtained pure by fractional distillation, ..."
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