hydroxyethane

English

Etymology

From hydroxy- +‎ ethane.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /haɪ̯ˌdɹɒksiˈiːθeɪ̯n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /haɪ̯ˌdɹɑksiˈɛθeɪ̯n/
• (Mid-Atlantic) IPA^(key): /haɪ̯ˌdɹɒksɪˈɛθeɪ̯n/

Noun

hydroxyethane (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, nonstandard) ethanol
   • [1917, Chemical Abstracts, volume 11, page 3699:

     […] thus: Pyrrolecarboxylic acid, not carboxypyrrole; ethyl alchohol or ethanol, not hydroxyethane; pentanone, not ketopentane]

   • 1957, Henry C. Speel, edited by Henry C. Speel and Eugene W. K. Schwarz, Textile chemicals and auxiliaries: with special reference to surfactants and finishes, 2nd edition, Reinhold:

     This hydroxyethane sulfonic acid is made from sodium bisulfite and ethylene oxide, with of without pressure.

   • 1959, Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 87, page 5180:

     […] so as to convert at least a major portion of the oxirane groups into hydroxyethane groups.