Xyletic
(Xy*let"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid related to mesitylenic acid,
obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of sodium and carbon dioxide on crude xylenol.
Xylic
(Xy"lic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene; specifically, designating any
one of several metameric acids produced by the partial oxidation of mesitylene and pseudo-cumene.
Xylidic
(Xy*lid"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, either one of two distinct acids which are
derived from xylic acid and related compounds, and are metameric with uvitic acid.
Xylidine
(Xy"li*dine) n. (Chem.) Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, (CH3)2.C6H3.NH2 , resembling
aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, or easily fusible crystalline substances, of which three
are derived from metaxylene, two from orthoxylene, and one from paraxylene. They are called the amido
xylenes.
The xylidine of commerce, used in making certain dyes, consists chiefly of the derivatives of paraxylene
and metaxylene.
Xylindein
(Xy*lin"de*in) n. (Chem.) A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of
decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo.
Xylite
(Xy"lite) n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.
Xylitone
(Xy"li*tone) n. (Chem.) A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a side product in
making phorone; — called also xylite oil.
