tartronic acid

noun

tar·​tron·​ic acid

(ˈ)tär‧¦tränik-

: a crystalline hydroxy acid HOCH(COOH)₂ obtained by reducing mesoxalic acid and by hydrolysis of bromo-malonic acid; hydroxy-malonic acid

Word History

Etymology

French tartronique, from tartr- + -onique (as in malonique malonic)

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