Pyrocatechol

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  • n. A dihydric phenol, benzene-1,2-diol, present in some tars.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2; orthodihydroxybenzene. It occurs in the urine of horses as pyrocatechol-sulphuric acid, and also in human urine and in some plants. It is made by fusing phenol, bromphenol, etc., with caustic potash and by the dry distillation of catechin and many tannins; it melts at 104° C. Also called pyrocatechin, pyrocatechinol, oxyphenic acid; and catechol.
    • Word Usage
    "The products are phenol and pyrocatechol, with some quantity of an amorphous product probably formed by condensation of a quinone with the phenolic products of reaction."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    catechol   
     
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