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pyrocatechin

pyrocatechin


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oxyphenol  \Ox`y*phe"nol\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  A  phenol,  ?????,  produced  by  the  distillation  of  catechin; 
  called  also  {oxyphenic  acid},  and  now  {pyrocatechin}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pyrocatechin  \Pyr`o*cat"e*chin\,  n.  [Pyro-  +  catechu.]  (Chem.) 
  A  white  crystalline  substance,  {C6H4(OH)2},  of  the  phenol 
  series,  found  in  various  plants;  --  so  called  because  first 
  obtained  by  distillation  of  gum  catechu.  Called  also 
  {catechol},  {oxyphenol}.  etc