Definition of Indigotin

1. Noun. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.

Exact synonyms: Anil, Indigo
Generic synonyms: Dye, Dyestuff

Definition of Indigotin

1. n. See Indigo blue, under Indigo.

Definition of Indigotin

1. Noun. (organic compound) A dark blue compound that is the principal dye in indigo ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indigotin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Indigotin

1. See Indigo blue, under Indigo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indigotin

indigo finch
indigo plant
indigo snake
indigo squill
indigobird
indigobirds
indigoes
indigofera
indigogen
indigoid
indigoids
indigometer
indigometry
indigos
indigotic
indigotin (current term)
indigotins
indigouria
indigrubin
indihumin
indilatory
indiligence
indiligent
indiminishable
indin
indinavir
indinavirs
indirect
indirect-object
indirect Coombs' test

Literary usage of Indigotin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1890)
"A few years ago I had occasion to use indigotin as pure as possible and in ... The reaction between the zinc, sulphur dioxide and indigotin goes on .rapidly ..."

2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1900)
"indigotin is a perfectly neutral substance, and is insoluble in dilute acids and alkalies. When subjected to dry distillation, either alone or in admixture ..."

3. The American Chemist by Charles Frederick Chandler (1873)
"It is not as one might suppose, indigotin itself that has served as a point of departure for this research. Its insolubility in the usual neutral solvents ..."

4. Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an Account of the Most Recent by Frederick Crace Calvert, John Stenhouse, Charles Edward Groves (1876)
"Pure indigotin may be prepared on a small scale by taking two shallow platinum capsules ... On applying a heat of 300° or 400° F. the indigotin sublimes in ..."

5. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry: Methods and Standards for the by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"i gram of pure indigotin is dissolved with 20-25 grams of pure ... 13 of the scale, 20 cc of the indigo solution correspond with 13 cc of the pure indigotin ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"And that this solution, at a suitable dilution, yielded, on the addition of solution of potassium acetate, the whole of its indigotin as crystalline ..."

7. Lecture Notes for Chemical Students by Edward Frankland (1881)
"indigotin. OH Occurrence. — This compound, the blue colouring matter of indigo, is obtained from various species of indigofera. The substance which occurs ..."

8. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1903)
"Crystalline indigotin is of a deep purple colour, and is insoluble in water ... indigotin is dissolved in concentrated sulphuric acid, and two compounds are ..."

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