polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
English
Chemical structure of polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
Etymology
poly- + oxy- + benzyl + methylene (“methyl- + -ene (methylen-)”) + glycol + anhydride (“an- + hydr- + -ide”)
Noun
polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride (uncountable)
- Synonym of Bakelite
- 2007, Elizabeth H. Oakes, Encyclopedia of world scientists: Volume 1 (page 38)
- […] Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”
- 2008, Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, More Bollocks to Alton Towers: Far from the Sodding Crowd
- Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.
- 2011, Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard
- […] Yonkers was the home of Leo Baekeland, the Belgian chemist who had accidentally discovered polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, better known as Bakelite, while working to produce a synthetic replacement for shellac […]
- 2007, Elizabeth H. Oakes, Encyclopedia of world scientists: Volume 1 (page 38)
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