aniline - C H N; also called aniline oil, benzeneamine, aminobenzene 6 7 Aniline used to be a very commonly used chemical in the synthesis

of dyes. Sometimes the term aniline dye is used as something of a catch-all term for synthetic dyes, though very few dyes still in production are actually aniline derivatives. Because of toxicity, aniline has been replaced with other compounds for most dye synthesis. {Rev 3.0.0r}