Dictionary entry

Isatogen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

I‐sat″o‐gen (?), n. [Isatin + -gen.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue. — I‐sat′o‐gen″ic (#), a.