† oxanthracenen.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
= anthraquinone n.
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1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 670 Treated with nitric acid it [sc. anthracene] yields oxanthracene..which crystallizes in long needles.
1866–77 H. Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 352 Oxanthracene. C14H8O2... When anthracene is boiled for some days with nitric acid, a resin is formed which becomes granular on cooling, and..forms light reddish-yellow crystals of oxanthracene, fusible, volatile without decomposition, and subliming in long needles.
1885 N.E.D. at Anthra- Anthraquinone, a compound related to anthracene as quinone is to benzene, produced by oxidation of anthracene, hence also called oxy-anthracene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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