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catechol
CIDE DICTIONARY
catechol, n. [.].
any of a group of chemicals having a benzene ring substituted with two hydroxyl groups in ortho position, especially ortho-dihydroxybenzene itself (C6H6O2 ), also called pyrocatechol , used in photography and as a reagent. [PJC]
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