hydratropic acid

noun

hy·​dra·​trop·​ic acid

¦hīdrə‧¦träpik-

: a colorless liquid acid C₆H₅CH(CH₃)COOH obtained by reduction of alpha-phenyl-acrylic acid; α-phenyl-propionic acid

Word History

Etymology

hydratropic International Scientific Vocabulary hydr- + atropic being an alpha-phenyl-acrylic acid CH₂:C(C₆H₅)COOH obtainable by the decomposition of atropine (International Scientific Vocabulary atrop- —from atropine—+ -ic)

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