pyrotartaric acid

noun

py·​ro·​tartaric acid

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: a crystalline acid HOOCCH₂CH(CH₃)COOH obtained by pyrolysis of tartaric acid or pyruvic acid and occurring in dextro, levo, and racemic forms; methyl-succinic acid

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + tartaric; originally formed as French pyrotartarique

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