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hexite|ˈhɛksaɪt|
[See hexa- and -ite1 4.]
1. Chem. [ad. G. hexit.] = hexitol.
1899E. F. Smith tr. V. von Richter's Org. Chem. (ed. 3) I. 540 Certain hexites have been prepared by the reduction of the corresponding glucoses..with sodium amalgam. 1938G. H. Richter Textbk. Org. Chem. xx. 395 The relationship of the aldohexoses to the corresponding hexites and dicarboxylic acids.
2. A high explosive, hexanitrodiphenylamine, [C6H2(NO2)3]2NH.
1931J. F. Norris Princ. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) xxvi. 483 Hexite or hexil..was the high explosive used in bombs which were dropped on London. 1944Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 20 May 189/2 Hexite is now being made and used but not in as large quantities as trinitrotoluene. 1951Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. VI. 54 Hexite is only slightly less sensitive to impact than Tetryl, but is distinctly less sensitive to the impact of a rifle bullet. |