saccharic acid

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, needlelike, crystalline, water-soluble solid or syrup, C 6 H 1 0 O 8 , usually made by the oxidation of cane sugar, glucose, or starch by nitric acid.

saccharic acid

/ sæˈkærɪk /

noun

1. a white soluble solid dicarboxylic acid obtained by the oxidation of cane sugar or starch; 2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxy-hexanedioic acid. Formula: COOH(CHOH) 4 COOH

Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharic acid¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Prepare a bath with one and one-half per cent., of the weight of feathers, saccharic acid, one-quarter per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

Used to make nitro-saccharate of lead, and as a source of saccharic acid.

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