Xanthic describes something as tending toward a yellow colour, or to one of those colours, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, such as scarlet, orange, etc. In chemistry, the term xanthic refers to something possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow colour, such as xanthic acid, and is also used to refer to something pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds. Research Xanthic
Xanthic acid also known as xanthogenic acid is an organic, heavy, astringent, colourless oil, with the formulae C2H5OCS.SH so named on account of many of its salts being yellow in colour. It has a pungent odour. It is produced by leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of potassiumhydroxide. Research Xanthic Acid
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Research Xanthic
