Definition of "phenylamine" []

• Alternative name for aniline (C6H5NH2). (noun)

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• "Not bad for a chemical that started as an accident involving a substance aniline, phenylamine that stinks of rotting fish."
• "An enzyme that converts the amino acid phenylamine to tyrosine, a precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine."
• "A.W. von Hofmann investigated these variously prepared substances, and proved them to be identical, and thenceforth they took their place as one body, under the name aniline or phenylamine."