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What does benzoic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
  2. (organic chemistry) Derived from benzoic acid or its derivatives.
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Distilled with dichromate of potassium and sulphuric acid it is converted into benzoic acid.
The most commonly found preservatives in the food samples were benzoic acid and sorbic acid.
In a second method, toluene is mixed with nitric acid and oxidized to produce benzoic acid.
They are precursors of benzoic phenanthridine alkaloids, active ingredients of many medicinal plant extracts.
Is it possible make a saturated solution of benzoic acid using methylene chloride as the solvent?
The most important chemical classes of these so-called auxin herbicides include chlorophenoxy acids, benzoic acids, pyridines, and quinoline carboxylic acids.

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