a. Chem. Also 8 -ique. [ad. F. subérique (Lagrange, 1797): see SUBER and -IC.] Of or pertaining to cork. Suberic acid, a white crystalline dibasic acid prepared by the action of nitric acid on cork, paper, linen rags, fatty acids, and other bodies. Also suberic anhydride, ether, etc.

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1799.  Monthly Rev., XXX. 17. He was able to produce an acid nearly similar to the suberique, by digesting the nitrous acid on charcoal.

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1806.  G. Adam’s Nat. & Exp. Philos. (Philad.), I. App. 562. Suberic [acid].

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1837.  R. D. Thomson, in Brit. Ann., 355. Suberic ether.

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1879.  Watts, Dict. Chem., VI. 1040. Suberic aldehyde … is formed, together with suberic acid and palmitoxylic acid, by the action of fuming nitric acid on palmitolic acid.

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1894.  Jrnl. Chem. Soc., LXVI. I. 499. Suberic anhydride … is prepared by boiling suberic acid with acetic chloride.

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