daphne in

[DAPHNIN.] dăph'-ně-tin, s [Mod. Lat. daphne; t connec tive; Eng. suff. -in ( Chem.) (q. v.).] Chem .: Obtained by boiling a solution of Daph nin in dilute hydrochloric acid. It crystallizes in small needle-shaped monoclinic prisms, having a strong refracting power, soluble in boiling water and in boiling alcohol, melting at 220°. Nitric acid colors it red; ferric chloride gives a green color, which is destroyed by the addition of acid. Daphne tin reduces in the cold an alkaline cupric solu tion. It gives a yellow precipitate with plumbic acetate.