† ambreicadj.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
ambreic acid n. a crystalline acid obtained by treating ambrein with nitric acid.Later identified as a form of cholesteric acid.
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ambreic acid1820
1820 Ann. Philos. 16 94 By this absorption of oxygen, it [sc. ambreine] is converted into an acid to which Pelletier and Caventou have given the name of ambreic acid.
1858 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XII. 120 Ambreic acid dissolves easily in alcohol, less freely in ether.
1912 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. (rev. ed.) I. 127/1 Ambreïn..is converted by nitric acid into ambreic acid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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