variant of VALERO-, employed before second elements beginning with a vowel, as valeraceto-nitril(e, -aldehyd(e, -aldine, -amide, -anilide.
1848. Fownes, Chem. (ed. 2), 542. Alkalis convert … *valeracetonitril into valerianic and acetic acids and ammonia.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 972. Valeracetonitrile is a mobile colourless liquid.
1852. W. Gregory, Handbk. Org. Chem., 236. *Valeraldehyde.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org., 851. Valeraldehyd [= Valeric Aldehyd].
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 974. *Valeraldine … An organic base, homologous with thialdine.
1852. W. Gregory, Handbk. Org. Chem. (ed. 3), 236. When valerate of oxide of ethyle is left in contact with strong ammonia, *valeramide and alcohol are formed.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 974. Valeramide,… the primary amide of valeric acid. Ibid., 975. *Valeranilide.… Produced by the action of valeric anhydride on aniline.
