noun

• An organic acid containing the group —OCS?H, examples of which are typically reactive solids.

  ‘Xanthate anions and protonated xanthic acid contain a free thiol moiety and are highly reductive.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘However, since the collector film is unstable in air, the adsorption of xanthic acid appears to be more logical.’
  • ‘Salts and esters of xanthic acid are xanthates.’
  • ‘Studies of the electrochemical desorption of the xanthate layer supported the fact that xanthic acids spontaneously form a self-assembled monolayer on the electrode.’