AMYL ALCOHOL • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Amyl alcohol

... with sodium hydrate, the coloring matters being precipitated and the unchanged morphine remaining in solution. The precipitate is collected on a filter, washed with dilute sodium hydrate, dried, and extracted in the cold with amyl alcohol, which dissolves out a violet coloring matter, and leaves in the residue a blue coloring matter or mixture of coloring matters. The violet coloring matter is obtained in a pure state on evaporating the amyl alcohol. Its platinochloride ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 • Various