Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellow crystalline compound formed by the action of phenyl-hydrazine on a sugar in the presence of acetic acid.
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- noun chemistry any
glycoside of analdose or 2-ketose formed by reaction with excess of anaryl -hydrazine
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Examples
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By passage to a common osazone, he established the relation between glucose, fructose and mannose, which he discovered in 1888.
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The reaction is assumed to be that of osazone formation.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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After fermenting away the hexoses, the residue was treated with phenylhydrazine and an osazone separated.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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By actual isolation of a crystalline dextrorotary sugar, by preparations of osazone and conversion into saccharic acid, it was proved that dextrose was the main product of hydrolysis.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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The substance could not be identified as an osazone of any of the yet known pentoses.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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There results, therefore, a dicarbonyl derivative ( 'osone'), which reacts directly with 2 mol. phenyl hydrazine in the cold to form an osazone.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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From the products of decomposition the author obtained the osazone of hydroxypyruvic acid [Will, Ber.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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