Pro`pi*ol"ic (?), a. [Propionic + tetrolic.] Chem.
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.
<-- also called 2-propynoic acid, and acetylenecarboxylic acid. C3H2O2, CH.C.COOH -->
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