xeronate

English

Etymology

xeronic +‎ -ate

Noun

xeronate (plural not attested)

1. (chemistry, dated) Any salt of xeronic acid.
   • 1887, Henry Enfield Roscoe, A treatise on chemistry: Volume 3, Part 2:

     When dissolved in ammonia, and calcium chloride added, a crystalline precipitate is formed of calcium xeronate, C₈H₁₀O₄Ca + H₂O, and this when treated with hydrochloric acid does not yield xeronic acid, but is transformed again into the anhydride.