Orthocarbonic

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

  Orthocarbonic \Or`tho*car*bon"ic\, a. [Ortho- + carbonic.]
     (Chem.)
     Designating a complex ether, {C.(OC2H5)4}, which is obtained
     as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of
     chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the
     hypothetical normal carbonic acid, {C.(OH)4}.


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