cochinelic acid

noun

An organic compound: C₁₀H₈O₇, derived from phenylhydrazone.

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nouncochinelic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn organic compound: C₁₀H₈O₇, derived from phenylhydrazone.

    When heated with sulphuric acid, this dicarboxylic acid forms cochinelic acid and carbon dioxide.

    1909, Journal of the Chemical Society, page 486
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    These have been termed cochinic acid C₉H₈O₅, a body very soluble in alcohol, but nearly insoluble in water, melting at 293° with decomposition : and cochinelic acid, C₁₀H₈O₇, which forms crystalline needles melting at 224° to 225°.

    1902, Ernest John Parry, John Henry Coste, The Chemistry of Pigments, page 202

    ...on heating with concentrated H₂SO₄, decomposes into CO and the so-called cochinelic acid , C₁₀H₈O₇.

    1922, Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter, Organic Chemistry: Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds
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