Meanings
nounxeronic acid (uncountable)
- archaicuncountablechemistryAn acid with chemical formula C₈H₁₂O₄, related to fumaric acid.
The empirical formula of xeronic acid shows that it is homologous with citraconic acid, but it possesses properties very different from this, inasmuch as it does not combine either with nascent hydrogen or with bromine.
1884, Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, A Treatise on chemistry: Volume 3
Origin
From xero- + -n- + -ic, from the acid's tendency to form its anhydride.
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