leuconic acid

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English

Etymology

Blend of leuco- +‎ croconic

Noun

leuconic acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish-white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.
  2. Cyclopentanepentone.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “leuconic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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