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Kyanol

Kyanol \Ky"a*nol\, n. [See Cyanite.] (Chem.)

  1. Aniline. [Obs.]

  2. A base obtained from coal tar.
    --Ure.

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kyanol

n. 1 (context organic chemistry obsolete English) aniline 2 (context organic chemistry obsolete English) A base obtained from coal tar.

Usage examples of "kyanol".

Runge in 1834 claims to have detected it in coal tar and called it kyanol, which after oxidation became an insoluble black pigment and known as aniline black.