teraconic acid

noun

ter·​a·​con·​ic acid

¦terə¦känik-

: a crystalline dicarboxylic acid C₇H₁₀O₄ that is obtainable by the distillation of terebic acid and that is a dimethyl homologue of itaconic acid; isopropylidene-succinic acid

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary terebic + itaconic

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