isatin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This finding suggests that the gut flora (absent, of course, in germ free animals) are responsible for the generation of most urinary isatin, but that the tissue material derives from a different source."
- "One problem in large scale denim dyeing processes using biologically produced indigo is the undesirable red cast caused by indirubin, which is a structural isomer of indigo formed from indoxyl and isatin, a byproduct of the spontaneous oxidation reaction that converts indoxyl to indigo."
- "Isatin reacts with formaldehyde and a variety of amines in the Mannich reaction to give their respective bases (10), in the absence of an amine, isatin and substituted isatin with formaldehyde give hydroxymethyl isatins (11)."