Crossword-Solution: SACCHARIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Saccharic | a. | Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
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Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannite, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter.
Etym: [See Molasses.] (Chem.) Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid.
With glucose, for example, the relationships involved may be illustrated as follows: CHO COOH CHO COOH | | | | (CHOH)_{4} (CHOH)_{4} (CHOH)_{4} (CHOH)_{4} | | | | CH_{2}OH CH_{2}OH COOH COOH Glucose Gluconic acid Glucuronic acid Saccharic acid An important property of the acids of the _gluconic_ type is that when heated with pyridine or quinoline to 130°-150° they undergo a molecular rearrangement whereby the acid corresponding to an isomeric sugar is produced.
The _d_-galactose, obtained by the hydrolysis of any of these compounds, is a faintly sweet substance which resembles glucose in many of its properties; having one characteristic difference, however, in that it forms mucic acid instead of saccharic acid when oxidized by concentrated nitric acid.