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itaconic acid

itaconic acid noun: one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH₂=C(CO₂H)-CH₂CO₂H.

Noun

itaconic acid (uncountable)

  1. One of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH₂=C(CO₂H)-CH₂CO₂H.

Origin of itaconic acid

Anagram of aconitic, modelled on German Itaconsäure as an anagram of Aconitsäure (“aconitic acid”), coined by Gustav Crasso (1840).

Words formed from itaconic acid

Questions about itaconic acid

What does itaconic acid mean?
Itaconic acid means one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH₂=C(CO₂H)-CH₂CO₂H.
What part of speech is itaconic acid?
Itaconic acid is a noun.

Words near itaconic acid in the dictionary

  1. itacolumites
  2. itacolumitic
  3. itaconate
  4. itaconates
  5. itaconic
  6. itaconic acid
  7. ITAD
  8. itai-itai disease
  9. Itaipu
  10. Itaipu Dam
  11. Itaituba

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