tetrinic acid

English

Etymology

See tetra- (“four”). It was once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms.

Noun

tetrinic acid (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) A complex ketonic acid, C₅H₆O₃.

Synonyms

• acetylacrylic acid

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tetrinic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)