Phosphorus-pentoxide Definition

Phosphorus-pentoxide Sentence Examples

• The true nitrile of malonic acid is methylene cyanide, CH 2 (CN) 2, which is obtained by distilling a mixture of cyanacetamide and phosphorus pentoxide.

• It may also be obtained by distilling nitric acid over phosphorus pentoxide.

• It may be prepared by fusion of ortho-toluene sulphonic acid with potash; by the action of phosphorus pentoxide on carvacrol; or by the action of zinc chloride on camphor.

• When heated with phosphorus pentoxide it yields cyanogen.

• The acid is formed by dissolving phosphorus pentoxide in cold water, or by strongly heating orthophosphoric acid.