pseudonitrole
noun
pseu·do·ni·trole
plural -s
: any of a class of compounds of the general formula RR′C(NO)NO2 formed by the action of nitrous acid on a disubstituted nitromethane RR′CHNO2 as pungent-odored, colorless, solid dimers that when fused or dissolved depolymerize into the monomers of intense and characteristic blue color compare nitrolic acid
Word History
Etymology
German pseudonitrole, from pseud- + nitr- + -ole