TARTRONIC ACID


Meaning of TARTRONIC ACID in English

(ˈ)tär.|tränik- noun

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

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

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