Educt

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-003577",
  "term": "Educt",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The reactant, or starting material, of a reaction, in the sense used mainly in German-language chemistry literature. English usage discourages it because there the word suggests something drawn out of a substance rather than put into a reaction, so reactant or starting material is preferred. Even the German usage is regarded as etymologically wrong, since the Latin root means led out, not led in.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1108 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/educt/"
}