sulphindylic, a. Chem.
(sʌlfɪnˈdɪlɪk)
Also -indilic.
[ad. F. sulfindylique (Dumas, 1836): see sulph-, indigo), -yle), -ic.]
Old synonym of sulphindigotic. Hence sulˈphindylate, a salt of sulphindylic acid.
| 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 378 M. Dumas has lately examined this solution of indigo in sulphuric acid..and has given it the name of sulphindilic acid. Ibid., The sulphindilate of barytes. 1857 Miller Elem. Chem., Org. viii. 530 Sulphuric acid appears to form several compounds with indigo; two of them have been analysed, viz., the sulphindylic, or sulphindigotic acid, and the sulphopurpuric. Ibid., Sulphindylate of ammonia. |