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Xanthate

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• Xanthene

  a yellow, crystalline substance, c 13 h 10 o, soluble in ether and slightly soluble in alcohol, used in organic synthesis and as a fungicide. noun a yellowish crystalline heterocyclic compound used as a fungicide; benzo-1,4-pyran. its molecular structural unit is found in many dyes, such as rhodamine and fluorescein. formula: ch2(c6h4)2o

• Xanthene-dye

  any of a group of dyes having a molecular structure related to that of xanthene in which the aromatic (c 6 h 4) groups are the chromoph-r-.

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