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    An organic compound created a color so fashionable that it inspired a nickname for the decade of the 1890s. What is the name of that organic compound?

    +1  Views: 1347 Answers: 1 Posted: 12 years ago
    funsky

    How to find the answer: Search [1890 decade color] to find the famous book, “The Mauve Decade.” Search [mauve color dye] to learn it is based on aniline, aka phenylamine or aminobenzene.
    itsmee

    interesting. Thanks funsky. (love your name)

    1 Answer

    aminobenzene - (it was referred to as the "mauve decade")

    mycatsmom

    I still wear a lot of mauve. Love it
    mycatsmom

    benzene is in nictotine, and it is a carcinogen


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