Pyrogallol Definition

pīrō-gălôl, -ōl, -ŏl, -gôlôl, -lōl, -lŏl
noun
A poisonous, white, crystalline phenol, C6H3(OH)3, produced by heating gallic acid: used in medicine, as a developer in photography, etc.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
pyrogallol
Plural:
pyrogallols

Origin of Pyrogallol

  • pyro– gall(ic acid) –ol

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pyrogallol Sentence Examples

  • Pyrogallol dimethyl ether is found in beechwood tar.

  • Pyrogallol has antiseptic properties and is employed medicinally in the treatment of psoriasis.

  • Eugallol, or monacetyl pyrogallol and lenigallol, or triacetyl pyrogallol, are also used.

  • This may be effected by burning phosphorus in a confined volume of air, by the action of an alkaline solution of pyrogallol on air, by passing air over heated copper, or by the action of copper on air in the presence of ammoniacal solutions.

  • Anthragallol is synthetically prepared by the condensation of benAoic and gallic acids with sulphuric acid OH i [[Cooh + I 10h - 2h20+ Hooc /Oh]] or from pyrogallol and phthalic anhydride in the presence of sulphuric acid or zinc chloride.

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