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Definition of Succinic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or obtained from amber.

Definition of Succinic

1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C&?;H&?;.(CO&?;H)&?;, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.

Definition of Succinic

1. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to succinic acid ¹

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Definition of Succinic

1. pertaining to amber [adj] - See also: amber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Succinic

Literary usage of Succinic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"It is a crystalline mass melting at 20° and boiling at 198°, and yields a vapour having a specific gravity of 5-29. Acid Ethyl Succinate, or Ethyl succinic ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"These reactions are used for the detection of succinic acid and its ... ETHEREAL SALTS OF succinic ACID. 587 With the exception of the ethyl salts, ..."

3. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1883)
"succinic ACID forms colorless and inodorous prisms or tables (rhombic prisms or rhomboid ... succinic acid is not destroyed by heating with nitric acid, ..."

4. Manual of qualitative chemical analysis by Karl Remigius Fresenius (1883)
"succinic ACID forms colorless and inodorous prisms or tables (rhombic TI-III-. or rhomboid ... succinic acid is not destroyed by heating with nitric acid, ..."

5. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"succinic ACID. PART cm. succinic acid, or salt of amber, exists in a bituminous substance, called amber, which is of a yellow colour, takes a fine polish, ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Homologues of succinic Acid The homologues of succinic acid are analogous to those of malonic acid and are formed by the introduction of alkyl radicals into ..."

7. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"One atom of succinic acid heated with 1 At. pentachloride of phosphorus yields: anhydrous succinic acid, together with hydrochloric acid and ..."

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