dulcite Chem.
(ˈdʌlsaɪt)
[f. L. dulc-is sweet + -ite.]
A saccharine substance (C6H14O6) similar to and isomeric with mannite, obtained from various plants, and known in the crude state as Madagascar manna. Also called dulcin, dulcitol, dulcose.
| 1863–72 Watts Dict. Chem. II. 349 Dulcite (from Madagascar) crystallises in colourless highly lustrous prisms of the monoclinic system. |
Hence ˈdulcitaˌmine, the amine or compound ammonia of dulcite C6H8(OH)5.NH2. ˈdulcitan, the anhydride of dulcite, C6H12O5, a very viscid neutral syrup. ˈdulcitaˌnide, a compound of dulcitan with an acid, analogous to the mannitides and glycerides, as benzo-dulcitanide, butyro-dulcitanide.
| 1863–72 Watts Dict. Chem., Dulcitan..the anhydride of dulcite (C6H14O6—H2O), obtained by heating dulcite for some time to near 200°C. Ibid., Dulcitanides..may be regarded as dulcitan, in which 2 or 4 at. H are replaced by acid radicles. 1873 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 632 Dulcite..heated with organic acids forms ethers called dulcitanides..yielding by saponification, not dulcite, but dulcitan. |