C12H4N2O8

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Euchroic \Eu*chro"ic\, a. [Gr. ? well-colored; e'y^ well + ?
     color.] (Chem.)
     Having a fine color.
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     {Euchroic acid} (Chem.), an organic, imide acid, obtained as


        a colorless crystalline substance, {C12H4N2O8} by heating
        an ammonium salt of mellitic acid. By reduction it is
        changed to a dark blue substance (euchrone), -- hence its
        name.
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