1857 Chem. Gaz. XV. 188The salts of purpureocobalt are often found among the direct products of the oxidation of ammoniacal solutions of cobalt.
1863 Watts Dict. Chem. I. 1052Pentammonio-cobaltic Salts..may be divided into two groups, the Roseo-cobaltic salts, which have a red colour, varying from brick to rose-red, and the Purpureo-cobaltic salts, which are purple, or violet-red.
Ibid. ,Purpureo-cobaltic chloride, Co2Cl3.5NH3.
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combining form
Etymology: Latin purpureus purple
: of a purple or purple-red color — in names of purple or purple-red coordination complexes (as of cobalt or chromium) containing five molecules of ammonia
< purpureo-cobaltic chloride [CoCl(NH3)5]Cl2 >
< purpureo-cobaltic chloride [CoCl(NH3)5]Cl2 >
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Prefix
- purple; used to designate certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds