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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
saccharin . - noun A class name applied, in organic chemistry, to compounds containing the group where R is a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical such as phenylene, C6H4. The compounds are also called
orthoanhydro-sulphamine-carboxylic acids .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of
saccharine . It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately calledsaccharinates ).
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- noun Alternative form of sulfinide.
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