Isatine

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

  Isatin \I"sa*tin\, n. [See {Isatis}.] (Chem.)
     An orange-red crystalline substance, {C8H5NO2}, obtained by
     the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from
     certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important
     source of artificial indigo. [Written also, less properly,
     {isatine}.]


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