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9 words match “SUCCINIC”

SUCCINIC a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C
MALIC a.
according to the temperature and concentration. An artificial variety is a derivative of succinic acid, but has no action on polarized light, and thus malic acid is a remarkable case of physical isomerism.
SALT n.
analogous compound. -- Rochelle salt. See under Rochelle. -- Salt of amber (Old Chem.), succinic acid. -- Salt of colcothar (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate of iron. -- Salt of hartshorn. (Old Chem.) (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride. (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. Spirit of hartshorn, under Hartshorn. --…
SUCCINAMIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.
SUCCINATE n.
A salt of succinic acid.
SUCCINIMIDE n.
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
SUCCINOUS a.
Succinic. [R.]
SUCCINURIC a.
succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.
SUCCINYL n.
A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.