thiotoluidine

English

Noun

thiotoluidine (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) Diamidoditolyl sulphide, (C₇H₆ּ·NH₂)₂S, a substance used in the production of some azo dyes.
   • 1889, Society of Dyers and Colourists, Bradford, Eng. (Yorkshire), The Journal (volumes 5-6, page 81)

     If the amount of sulphur be doubled, thiotoluidine is almost absent, the product containing, together with dehydrothiotoluidine, a more highly condensed base […]

   • 1925, Donald Wales MacArdle, The Use of Solvents in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, page 31:

     Bogert and Mandelbaum used aqueous solutions of several acids of differing ionization constants as extraction solvents in their work on the preparation of thiotoluidine.

   • 1928, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore: Indian Institute of Science, page 39:

     Thiotoluidine was first obtained by Merz and Weith […]

Derived terms

• dehydrothiotoluidine