Cleve's acid

noun

Cle·​ve's acid

ˈklāvəz-,

ˈklēvz-

: either of two colorless crystalline isomeric monosulfonic acids NH₂C₁₀H₆SO₃H derived from alpha-naphthylamine and used as intermediates in making azo dyes

also : a mixture of these acids

Word History

Etymology

after P.T. Cleve

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