trimelliticadj.
Chemistry.
In trimellitic acid, a colourless compound, C6H3(COOH)3, unsymmetrical benzene-tricarboxylic acid, obtained by the oxidation of colophony by means of nitric acid. So named in 1870, by Baeyer, who prepared it from mellitic acid.
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phthalic anhydride1855
monoglyceride1860
trimellitic acid1872
picolinic acid1876
thioglycollic acid1877
tetra-icosoic acid1894
phosphatidic acid1927
sialic acid1952
thioctic acid1952
1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 813 Trimellitic Acid..is moderately soluble in water.., and crystallises..by slow evaporation in nodular groups of indistinct crystals.
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