释义 |
pro·pi·olic acid \|prōpē|ōlik-, -|älik-\ noun Etymology: propiolic International Scientific Vocabulary propionic (in propionic acid) + -ol- (probably from sterolic acid) + -ic; probably from the fact that the relation of propiolic acid to propionic acid is analogous to that of stearolic acid to stearic acid : a pungent liquid acetylenic acid HC≡CCOOH made by carbonation of sodium acetylide that forms not only salts but also metallic derivatives like those of acetylene |