English Explanatory Dictionary

Wurster's blue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, an easily oxidized phenylenediamine whose radical cation is a characteristic blue-violet colour.

Word forms

Wurster's blue

Etymology

Discovered by the German chemist Casimir Wurster (1854–1913).

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