gallanilide Chem.
(gæˈlænɪlaɪd)
[f. gall- + anilide.]
An anilide of gallic acid, C6H2(OH)3·CONH·C6H5, used in the manufacture of some dyes.
| 1883 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLIV. 335 Gallanilide is deposited as a crystalline mass when digallic acid is dissolved in aniline. 1916 E. Knecht et al. Man. Dyeing (ed. 3) II. vii. 620 Gallanilide blue is produced by the action of gallanilide on nitrosodimethylaniline and subsequent treatment with aniline. 1924 Chem. Abstr. XVIII. 2009 The ferric salt..of gallanilide..is a dark violet powder. 1952 K. Venkataraman Chem. Synthetic Dyes II. xxv. 783 The Gallocyanine derivative prepared from gallamide is marketed as the soluble bisulfite compound, Gallamine Blue... The gallanilide analog is Gallanil Violet. |