Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from opiane; noting an acid (C10H10O5) obtained from narcotine by the action of oxidizing agents. It forms crystallizable salts and an ether.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the oxidation of narcotine.
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In this case, instead of opianic acid, its reduction product meconine,
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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_Narcotine_, another of the opium alkaloids, when heated with manganese dioxide and sulphuric acid, is oxidized and splits apart into opianic acid, C_ {10} H_ {10} O_ {5}, and cotarnine, C_ {12} H_ {13} NO_ {3}.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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