Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Produced by the distillation of tartaric and racemic acids: as, pyroracemic acid (C3H4O3).

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  • _ [Greek: b] _-digallic acid by heating ethyl gallate with pyroracemic acid and sulphuric acid and proposed the so-called ketone-tannin formula: --

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

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