a crystalline dibasic acid obtained by the action of nitric acid on cork and other plant materials and also present in castor oil.

oxalovinic acid n.the monoethyl ester of oxalic acid, HOOC·COOCH2CH3; ethyl hydrogen oxalate.

a crystalline dibasic carboxylic acid obtainable by heating citric acid and isomeric with itaconic and mesaconic acids; methylmaleic acid.

Chemistry melanic acid n. A black acidic substance produced by the decomposition of potassium salicylate in moist air. Obsolete.

a crystalline dibasic carboxylic acid, the 2-methyl derivative of malic acid.

a dibasic carboxylic acid, apparently a methyl derivative of tartaric acid.

benzene-m-dicarboxylic acid, C6H4(COOH)2, a crystalline compound made by the oxidation of m-xylene and used in the manufacture of polyester and…

Chemistry and Biochemistry methylmalonic acid n. a dicarboxylic acid isomeric with succinic acid, (CH3)CH(COOH)2.

a crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C8H12O4, existing in cis and trans isomers and differing from pinic acid in having a carboxyl group attached to the…

Chemistry naphthalic acid n. A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid derived from naphthalene; naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic acid, C10H6(COOH)2.