noun

• A crystalline solid prepared by acetylation of aniline, used in dye manufacture.

  Chemical formula: C₆H₅NHCOCH₃

  ‘When aniline is reacted with excess acetic acid under dehydration conditions a white, crystalline material is formed, acetanilide.’

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