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Definition of Dihydric alcohol
1. Noun. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
Medical Definition of Dihydric alcohol
1. Alcohol containing two OH groups in its molecule; e.g., ethylene glycol. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dihydric Alcohol
Literary usage of Dihydric alcohol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"OH, no corresponding dihydric alcohol, CH0(OH)2, has been isolated ; from ethane,
C2H6, a monohydric ... OH, can be obtained, and also a dihydric alcohol, ..."
2. The Essentials of chemical physiology for the use of students by William Dobinson Halliburton (1914)
"Thus oxalic acid is an instance of an acid obtained by the oxidation of a dihydric
alcohol; it is therefore a di-carboxylic acid, as it contains two ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"... C^H^O,, the last-mentioned having evidently been contained in the resin in
the form of a glucoside. The dihydric alcohol ..."
4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"Therefore, the simplest monohydric alcohol contains one carbon atom, the simplest
dihydric alcohol two carbon atoms, etc., ..."
5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1899)
"Therefore, the simplest monohydric alcohol contains one carbon atom, the simplest
dihydric alcohol two carbon atoms, etc., as indicated in the following ..."
6. Watts' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical (based on Fownes' Manual). by Henry Watts, George Fownes, William Augustus Tilden (1886)
"... and decomposing this compound with solid potassium hydroxide, whereby potassium
acetate and a dihydric alcohol are formed, the latter of which may be ..."
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