"Hydroxyl" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to the non-volatile and oxygenized bases, we take up first the opium alkaloids. Morphine, C{17}H{19}NO{3}, is a tertiary amine, and appears to contain a hydroxyl group like phenols, to which class of bodies it has some analogies, as is shown in its reaction with ferric chloride. Its meythl ester, which can be formed from it, is codeine, one of the accompanying alkaloids of opium. Besides the methyl derivative, however, others are possible, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 • Various |
