form-
(fɔːm)
in Chem., combining form of formic or formyl, as in formal (ˈfɔəmæl) n.2, any of the acetals derived from formaldehyde, having the general formula CH2(OR)2; spec. methylal, CH2(OCH3)2; ˈformamide, the amide of formic acid; forˈmamidine, the postulated compound NH2·CH:NH, which is known only as its salts; forˈmanilide, a white crystalline compound, C6H5·NH·COH, used as an antipyretic, analgesic, and local anæsthetic. (Cf. the termination of chloro-form.)
| 1900 Dorland Med. Dict., Formal, methylol or methylene dimethylate..: a clear, fragrant liquid. It is anesthetic and hypnotic. 1952 E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds I. xvi. 1031 A mixture of the isomeric formals is obtained from glycerol, trioxymethylene and conc. HCl at 100°. |
| 1852 Formamide [see formanilide]. 1863 A. W. Hofmann in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XVI. 72 Half-way between formate of ammonium and hydrocyanic acid, theory justifies us in searching for formamide. Ibid. 73 This substance, which is equally soluble in water, alcohol and ether is formamide. 1869 Roscoe Chem. 349 Formamide, obtained by acting on ethyl formate with ammonia. 1890 Lancet 11 Oct. 783/2 Injections..of a 1 per cent. solution of formamide of mercury. 1882 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLI. 266 The solid therefore obtained by the action of the substance, 2HCN + 3HCl, upon alcohol is the hydrochloride of the base.. formamidine. 1952 Jrnl. Appl. Chem. II. 203 It is now possible to report a simple method for the synthesis of formamidine hydrochloride. |
| 1852 W. Gregory Handbk. Org. Chem. 337 Formanilide, the analogous compound to which, formamide, is not known. 1966 Millar & Springall Sidgwick's Org. Chem. Nitrogen (ed. 3) vii. 224 The formylation of aromatic amines proceeds very readily; formanilide, H·CONHPh, is rapidly formed on boiling dilute formic acid with aniline. |