'C5O3OH2' definitions:
Definition of 'C5O3OH2'
From: GCIDE
- Croconic \Cro*con"ic\ (kr?-k?n"?k), a. [Gr. ???? saffron.]
- 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid. [1913 Webster]
- Croconic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, C5O3(OH)2, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts. [1913 Webster]