durylic en · ADJ
Etymology
From durene + -yl + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to durene.
formed from durene and durylic acid by prolonged boiling with dilute nitric acid, crystallises in long transparent prisms, and sublimes at a high temperature.
1886, Henry Watts, George Fownes, Sir William Augustus Tilden, Watts Manual of Chemistry, page 567:The process consists in the transformation of the ketone by sodium hypobromite into durylic acid, and the subsequent oxidation of the latter with potassium permanganate.
1912, William Hobson Mills, “The Preparation of Durylic and Pyromellitic Acids”, in The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, volume 106, page 287: