lactimide

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A colorless neutral compound, , prepared by heating a-aminopropionic acid in a current of hydrochloric-acid gas. It crystallizes in needles or plates, melts at 275° C, and sublimes.

Wiktionary

1. n. organic chemistry A white crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.