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Webster 1913 Edition

Saccharone

Sac′cha-rone

,

Noun.

[

Sacchar

in + lact

one

.]

(Chem.)

(a)

A white crystalline substance,

C6H8O6

, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid.

(b)

An oily liquid,

C6H10O2

, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.