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What is Oil of mirbane?

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4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Yash Patari
4 Years ago
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Oil of mirbane: Its chemical name is nitrobenzene. Nitrobenzene has been used as an inexpensive perfume for soaps commercially sold as oil of mirbane and hence this name. It is a yellowish oily liquid crystallized in needles at 3∘C, and boils at 205∘C. It has a strong odour, resembling that of bitter almond.