Chem. Obs. [Arbitrary from TEREBENE.] Name given 1839 by Soubeiran and Capitaine (Comptes Rendus, IX. 654) to a liquid now regarded as a mixture of terpenes.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., III. vii. § 1. 440.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 925. Terebilene is a hydrocarbon obtained by distilling the liquid monohydrochlorate of turpentine-oil with quicklime or with potassium…. It smells like terebene, and is optically inactive.
Hence Terebilenic a., in terebilenic acid, C7H8O4, crystallizing in small prisms or needles, or in trimetric forms. So Terebilic a., synonym of TEREBIC: see quot. 1868 s. v.
1894. Morley & Muir, Watts’ Dict. Chem., IV. 657/2. Terebilenic Acid.
