| tiglic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tiglic acid | CH3CH==C(CH3)COOH; (E)-2-Methyl-2-butenoic acid; trans-2,3-dimethyl-acrylic acid;an unsaturated fatty acid present in glycerides in croton oil. (05 Mar 2000) |