Chem. [f. Gr. τετρα-, TETRA- 2 + -IC.] In tetric acid, a substance described by Demarçay in 1877, now believed to be C10H12O6, or C5H6O3. It is a colorless body crystallizing in triclinic prisms. Its salts are Tetrates.
1881. Watts, Dict. Chem., VIII. 1918. Tetric acid and its homologues,… are formed by the successive action of bromine and alcoholic potash on the ethylic ethers of aceto-acetic acid and its homologues.
