resorcinn.
/rᵻˈzɔːsɪn/, U.S. /rəˈzɔrs(ə)n/, /riˈzɔrs(ə)n/ Chemistry.
= resorcinol n.
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phenylenediamine1860
resorcin1866
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microcrystalline wax1943
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1866 Chem. News 19 Oct. 188/2 Its most remarkable property is to give, under the influence of fused potash, a crystallised combination which is the inferior homologue of orcine described by MM. Hlasiwitz and Barth under the name of resorcine.
1880 Jrnl. Soc. Arts Apr. 446/2 The same body will act on resorcine to produce a colour only differing from the last in that it contains hydroxyl instead of amido groups.
1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) xiii. 317 To a few cc. of urine in a test-tube add an equal volume of 25 per cent. hydrochloric acid and a speck or two of resorcin.
1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxx. 320 Some relief may be obtained by the use of keratolytics, especially resorcin and salicylic acid.
2006 Jrnl. Org. Chem. 71 4248/1 The 1H NMR spectrum featured the expected resonances for unchanged resorcin.
Compounds
a. General attributive, as resorcin paste, resorcin test, etc.
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1872 Proc. Royal Soc. 1871–2 20 79 Pentabromresorcin, C6HBr5O2.—This compound was prepared by adding resorcin solution to a mixture of bromine and water.
1888 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 33 ii. 1052 (heading) Resorcin paste at night and corrosive spirit during the day.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 558 Boas' resorcin test is also useful.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 705 Resorcin pastes..are excellent, if temporary, remedies.
1962 Lancet 16 June 1292/1 Resorcin ointment and naphthalene from napkins stored in mothballs have been incriminated as causes of hæmolytic anæmia in the newborn.
1988 W. Littman Polymer Flooding 176 1 ml of the sample is mixed with 1 ml of a 4 % resorcin solution.
b. In the names of compounds, as resorcin-ammonia, resorcin sulphonic acid, etc.
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1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. 1st Suppl. 993 Resorcin-ammonia..is formed by passing dry ammonia gas into a solution of resorcin in anhydrous ether.
1881 Nature 12 May 48/2 The salts of resorcinsulphonic acid.
1917 H. V. Arny Princ. Pharmacy (ed. 2) xliii. 693 Euresol, or resorcin monoacetate has been recommended in dermatology and for use in hair tonics.
1994 Additives for Polymers 1 5/1 Fire retardant composition... Contains a resorcin polyphosphate compound and a zinc salt of an organic acid.
c. In the names of dyes and stains derived from resorcin, as resorcin blue, resorcin brown, resorcin fuchsin, resorcin green, etc.
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1880 New Remedies 9 270/1 The same blue substance, which may be called resorcin-blue..is also formed when resorcin is treated with urea.
1895 W. H. Perkin & F. S. Kipping Org. Chem. II. 525 Resorcin yellow..is prepared by combining diazobenzenesulphonic acid and resorcinol.
1905 J. C. Cain & J. F. Thorpe Synthetic Dyestuffs 42 The fast green or Resorcin green is..produced by the action of nitrous acid on resorcinol.
1905 J. C. Cain & J. F. Thorpe Synthetic Dyestuffs 62 The first..disazo-dye stuff was the Resorcin brown discovered by Wallach in 1881.
1960 K. Esau Anat. Seed Plants xi. 125 Each connecting strand is surrounded by callose..,a carbohydrate that stains blue with aniline blue and resorcin blue.
1985 C. R. Leeson et al. Textbk. Histol. (ed. 5) iii. 105/1 Elastic fibers stain erratically with eosin, but can be stained selectively with orcein (brown) and resorcin-fuchsin (dark blue-purple).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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