ortho-aminobenzoate
|or-tho-ami-no-ben-zo-ate|
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/ˌɔrθoʊˌæmɪnoʊˈbɛnzoʊeɪt/
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/ˌɔːθəʊˌæmɪnəʊˈbɛn.zəʊ.eɪt/
ortho-position aminobenzoate
Etymology
'ortho-aminobenzoate' originates from 'Modern chemical nomenclature', specifically the components 'ortho-' from Greek 'orthos', 'amino' from Neo-Latin/French 'amine', and 'benzoate' from Neo-Latin 'benzoas', where 'orthos' meant 'straight' or 'correct', 'amine' referred to an ammonia-derived functional group, and 'benzoas' related to benzoin/benzoic acid.
'ortho-aminobenzoate' changed from separate historical elements: 'benzoate' developed from Medieval Latin and Neo-Latin terms for substances related to benzoin and benzoic acid, 'amino' was coined in 19th-century chemical nomenclature from 'amine', and the positional prefix 'ortho-' was adopted in organic chemistry in the 19th century; these parts combined into the modern systematic name 'ortho-aminobenzoate'.
Initially each component referred to separate ideas—'ortho-' indicating position, 'amino' indicating an ammonia-derived group, and 'benzoate' indicating a salt or ester of benzoic acid—but over time they fused into a single systematic name denoting the anion or ester of ortho-aminobenzoic acid.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a salt or ester of ortho-aminobenzoic acid (also called anthranilic acid); the anion or its organic ester derivatives where the amino group is at the ortho position relative to the carboxyl group on the benzene ring.
The reaction yielded an ortho-aminobenzoate that was purified and characterized by NMR.
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