phloroglucinol

American  

[flawr-uh-gloo-suh-nawl, -nol, flor-] / ˌflɔr əˈglu səˌnɔl, -ˌnɒl, ˌflɒr- /

Also phloroglucin

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.

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Etymology

Origin of phloroglucinol

First recorded in 1875–80; phlor(izin) + -o- + gluc- + -in ² + -ol ¹

Example Sentences

The conjugation of terpenes with phloroglucinol derivatives31, as well as the formation of monoterpene glucose esters32, leads to the myriad of defence compounds that vary across the genus.

From Nature • Jun. 10, 2014

Councler substitutes phloroglucinol for pyrogallol, with the advantage of doing away with the digestion at high temperature.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.

The presence of diresorcinol is without influence on the result, provided a sufficient excess of actual phloroglucinol is employed.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.

Sulphonation of phloroglucinol succeeds at higher temperatures only, the sulphonic acid being a solid which is scarcely soluble in water, the latter then assuming a wine-red colour.

From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg

Of the trihydroxybenzenes pyrogallol and phloroglucinol only were included in these investigations.

From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg