isorcin

English

Etymology

From iso- +‎ orcin.

Noun

isorcin (uncountable)

  1. (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.

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