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...r, but it seems to have been a [[spirit varnish]] based on [[Benzoin resin|gum benjamin]] or [[mastic]], both traded around the Mediterranean. At some tim

...ic material was derived from benzoin by sublimation, and named "flowers of benzoin," or benzoic acid. The hydrocarbon derived from benzoic acid thus acquired ...ich]] produced it via the [[distillation]] of [[benzoic acid]] (from [[gum benzoin]]) and [[calcium oxide|lime]]. Mitscherlich gave the compound the name ''be