ethanedioicadj.
/ˌiːθeɪndʌɪˈəʊɪk/, /ˌɛθeɪndʌɪˈəʊɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛˌθeɪnˌdaɪˈoʊɪk/ Chemistry.
ethanedioic acid n. = oxalic acid n. at oxalic adj. 2.
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1892 Technol. Q. 5 240 In the acids of the fatty series the carboxyl group will be considered an integral part of the carbon skeleton. Thus..oxalic acid is ethanedioic acid.
1951 H. J. Deuel Lipids I. ii. 43 Thus, the C2 acid, oxalic, is called ethanedioic, the C6 acid, adipic, is referred to as hexanedioic.
1966 J. W. Buttle et al. Chem. xxv. 469 Ethanedioic (oxalic) acid is present in the Oxalis group of plants, e.g. sorrel.
1983 R. O. C. Norman & D. J. Waddington Mod. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) xiii. 195 Ethanedioic acid is made by heating sodium methanoate at 400°C to give disodium ethanedioate.
2004 Plant Physiol. 136 3703/1 Oxalic acid (ethanedioic acid) occurs..more commonly as soluble potassium or sodium oxalate or as insoluble calcium oxalate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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