Chem. [f. ACET(YL) + ANILIDE.] A compound of aniline in union with the radical acetyl, forming an acetamide with the radical phenyl. C6H5.NH.C2H3O. Less correctly acetaniline.
1864. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 411.
1877. Fownes, Man. Chem., II. 453. Acetanilide, or Phenylacetamide, produced by heating aniline and glacial acetic acid for several hours … forms colourless, shining, laminar crystals, melting at 112°–113°.
1882. Athenæum, 2859, 211. Acetaniline acted on by chloride of lime at a temperature of 270° Cent. produces a beautiful yellow to which the name of flavaniline is given.
