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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless, bitter, very caustic liquid (C8H17 NH2), having an ammoniacal, fishy odor, obtained by heating alcoholic ammonia with octyl iodide. It is insoluble in water, precipitates metallic salts, and dissolves silver chlorid.

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  • noun organic chemistry Any of very many isomeric amines derived from an octane, but especially the primary amine CH3(CH2)7NH2

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  • The cell lysates were spun down to remove cell debris and the supernatants were neutralized with Freon/n-octylamine mix (3: 1).

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  • (stimulate NADPH - and O2 - depen - dent oxidation of tertiary amines and sulfur-containing substrates with alkyl side-chain of less than 5 carbons [3]) [3] n-octylamine

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  • < 3, 4 > [5]) [5] P 1-nitrosodecane + NADP+ * H2 O S n-octylamine + NADPH + O2

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