comb. form (before a vowel) of L. succinum amber, in the names of various amide and anilide derivatives of SUCCINIC acid, e.g., succinamic acid, succinanil; also succinasphalt: see quots. Cf. SUCCINO-.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 594. When succinamide is treated with potash, ammonia is disengaged, and the temperature rises.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org., iv. § 1. 242. Succinimide is metameric with succinamic acid. Ibid., § 2. 257. Succinanile C12H5N, C8H4O4. Ibid., Succinanilic acid HO, C12H5, HN, C8H4O5. Ibid., Succinanilide 2 (C12H5), H2N2, C8H8O4.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 453. Succinasphalt, a resinous substance resembling amber, and apparently related to retinite, obtained from the granular clay iron-ore of Bergen in Bavaria. Ibid., 460. Succinamate. Ibid., 461. Succinanilate of Ammonium is very soluble in water.
