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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nitrobenzene \Ni`tro*ben"zene\ (? or ?), n. [Nitro- + benzene.] (Chem.) A yellow aromatic liquid ( C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.
Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) A nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric acid and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups
WordNet
n. a poisonous oily water-soluble liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline
Wikipedia
Nitrobenzene is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH NO. It is a water-insoluble pale yellow oil with an almond-like odor. It freezes to give greenish-yellow crystals. It is produced on a large scale from benzene as a precursor to aniline. In the laboratory, it is occasionally used as a solvent, especially for electrophilic reagents.
Usage examples of "nitrobenzene".
In the small kitchen area of Room 603 Yousef had boxes and jars full of sodium chlorate, nitrobenzene, sulfur, picric acid, acetate, sodium carbonate, perhydrol, hydrogen peroxide, and methenane, used in the manufacture of the high explosive RDX.
Phenols and nitrobenzene bring to mind ether and shoe polish respectively, and ethylene glycol smells exactly like antifreeze because that's exactly what it is.