What is "phloroglucinol"

Phloroglucin \Phlor`o*glu"cin\, n. [Phloretin + Gr. ? sweet.] (Chem.) A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.]

n. (context chemistry English) a poisonous trihydroxy phenol, 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene, C₆H₃(OH)₃, used as a bone decalcifying agent

Phloroglucinol is an organic compound that is used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and explosives. It is a phenol derivative with antispasmodic properties that is used primarily as a laboratory reagent.

Austrian chemist Heinrich Hlasiwetz (1825–1875) is remembered for his chemical analysis of phloroglucinol.

Phloroglucinol is also generally found in the flavonoid ring A substitution pattern.