mellon

What it means

1. rareuncountablechemistryThe result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.

   It sublimes on heating and decomposes into mellon and NH₃.

   1916, Victor von Richter, Organic chemistry, volume I, Chemistry of the Aliphatic Series, page 473

   1 more example

   Mellon (C₁₈N₁₃; Liebig).— This anomalous compound was originally supposed by Liebig to contain C₆N₄, but he has recently repeated and varied his experiments upon it, and has altered its formula as above.

   1857, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Part III, Organic Chemistry, page 603

In a sentence

Mellon (C₁₈N₁₃; Liebig).— This anomalous compound was originally supposed by Liebig to contain C₆N₄, but he has recently repeated and varied his experiments upon it, and has altered its formula as above.

1857, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Part III, Organic Chemistry, page 603

Where it comes from

An arbitrary formation. Compare -one.