isorcin

noun

isorcin

noun

Etymology From iso- + orcin.

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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences A synthetic metamer of orcin.

Isorcin has great resemblance to orcin, from which, however, it differs by its reactions.1879, Henry Watts, “Toluenedisulphonic Acid”, in A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume VII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 1170–1171:

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