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QUARTENYLIC
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylicacid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colourless liquid; so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Synonym: isocrotonic acid.
Origin: Quartene + -yl + -ic.
Source: Websters Vocabulary