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Definition: catechol
Pyrocatechin
\Pyr`o*cat"e*chin\, n. [Pyro- + catechu.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance,
C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol
series, found in various plants; -- so called because first
obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also
catechol,
oxyphenol. etc.
[1913 Webster]
catechol
\cat"e*chol\ (k[a^]t"[e^]*k[add]l`), n. [.]
any of a group of chemicals having a benzene ring substituted
with two hydroxyl groups in ortho position, especially
ortho-dihydroxybenzene itself (
C6H6O2), also called
pyrocatechol, used in photography and as a reagent.
[PJC]