isorcin
English
Etymology
Noun
isorcin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A synthetic metamer of orcin.
- Synonym: cresorcin
- 1879, Henry Watts, “Toluenedisulphonic Acid”, in A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences[1], volume VII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 1170–1171:
- Isorcin has great resemblance to orcin, from which, however, it differs by its reactions.
Further reading
- “isorcin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.