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Definition of Isothiocyanate
1. Noun. A family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations.
Generic synonyms: Chemical Irritant
Definition of Isothiocyanate
1. Noun. (chemistry) any salt or ester of the hypothetical isothiocyanic acid; or the -NCS radical or the NCS-1 anion; isomeric with thiocyanate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Isothiocyanate
1. The radical of isothiocyanic acid, -N==C==S. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isothiocyanate
Literary usage of Isothiocyanate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Watts' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical (based on Fownes' Manual). by Henry Watts, George Fownes, William Augustus Tilden (1886)
"The pungent odour, and the direct combination with ammonia and amines, are
characteristic of all the ethers of this group. Phenyl isothiocyanate ..."
2. Theories of Organic Chemistry by Ferdinand August Karl Henrich (1922)
"N-(Pyrimidine) 3 \S-(Pyrimidine) ^S Pyrimidine thiocyanate Pyrimidine isothiocyanate
Cyanic esters corresponding to the thiocyanates or ..."
3. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"Each cc. of tenth-normal silver nitrate VS consumed corresponds to 0.004956 gm.
of allyl isothiocyanate. Uses. Volatile oil of mustard is used in liniments ..."
4. Practical Standardization by Chemical Assay of Organic Drugs and Galenicals by Albert Brown Lyons (1920)
"Nearly all of the numerous assay processes for volatile oil of mustard depend on
reaction .of the allyl isothiocyanate in the oil with ammonia, -producing a ..."
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