Chem. [f. TARTR(O- + ANIL 3.] A granular compound, C10H9NO4, = phenyltartrimide, produced by dehydration of acid tartrate of aniline by expulsion of 2H2O. Hence Tartranilate, a salt of tartranilic acid; Tartranilic acid, C10H11NO5, obtained by boiling tartranil with aqueous ammonia; Tartranilide, C16H16N2O4, a substance produced by the action of heat on neutral tartrate of aniline, by expulsion of 2H2O.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 698. Tartranil … separates, on cooling from hot solutions, as a white granular powder, or in nacreous laminæ. Ibid. Tartranilide crystallises in colourless, nacreous, slender, interlaced needles. Ibid., 697. The tartranilic acid separates in light red warty masses and shining laminæ. Ibid. Tartranilate of Barium … crystallises in shining spangles.
