xeronate

English

Etymology

xeronic +‎ -ate

Noun

xeronate (plural not attested)

(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.

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