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English
Etymology
From iso- + orcin.
Noun
isorcin (uncountable)
- (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, 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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