A liquid chemical compound made of a benzene ring with an amino group attached; also known as aniline, it's a key ingredient in making dyes and plastics.
From 'amino-' and 'benzene.' Aniline was discovered in the 1820s from indigo dye, and systematic nomenclature led to the name 'aminobenzene' describing its structure.
Aniline was the first synthetic organic chemical to be mass-produced, and it literally launched the modern chemical industry—without it, we wouldn't have synthetic dyes, plastic, explosives, or hundreds of medicines!
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