nitraniline

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Any one of three compounds, H₂NC₆H₄NO₂. They are distinguished as ortho- or 1, 2, or meta- or 1, 3, and para- or 1, 4. They are formed by the action of nitric acid on acetanilide, are crystalline, and melt at 71° C. 114° C. and 147° C. respectively. Also called nitro-anilines.

Wiktionary

1. n. chemistry Any of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline; nitroaniline. In general they are yellow crystalline substances.