An organic compound produced by acetylating toluidine, used in dyes and pharmaceutical synthesis.
From 'aceto-' + 'toluide' (acetylated toluidine). This is essentially the same compound as acetotoluid, with a variant spelling showing how chemistry terminology wasn't fully standardized in the 19th century.
Acetotoluide was a workhorse compound in early pharmaceutical manufacturing—factories made thousands of tons to create painkiller and dye precursors before we had the fancy selective chemistry we use today.
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