Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyrocatechin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oxyphenol \Ox`y*phe"nol\, n. (Chem.)
A phenol, ?????, produced by the distillation of catechin;
called also {oxyphenic acid}, and now {pyrocatechin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyrocatechin \Pyr`o*cat"e*chin\, n. [Pyro- + catechu.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance, {C6H4(OH)2}, of the phenol
series, found in various plants; -- so called because first
obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also
{catechol}, {oxyphenol}. etc.
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