acetoacetic acid

[ uh-see-toh-uh-see-tik, -uh-set-ik, as-i-toh- ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a colorless, oily liquid, C4H6O3, soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used in synthetic organic chemistry.

Origin of acetoacetic acid

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; aceto- + acetic

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