oxoglutaricadj.
/ˌɒksəʊɡluːˈtarɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑksoʊˌɡluˈtɛrɪk/ Biochemistry.
oxoglutaric acid n. (in full α-oxoglutaric acid, 2-oxoglutaric acid), the dicarboxylic keto acid of which 2-oxoglutarate is the anion, also called α-ketoglutaric acid; 2-oxopentanedioic acid, COOH.CO(CH3)2COOH.
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1945 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 67 60 Condensation of these esters using sodium yielded diethyl-β-carbethoxy-α-oxoglutarate from which α-oxoglutaric acid was obtained on hydrolysis and decarboxylation.
1977 J. March Adv. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) iv. 121 Enzymes are capable of much greater discrimination than ordinary chiral reagents. An example is the biological conversion of citric acid to α-oxoglutaric acid.
1987 New Phytologist 106 662 Generally, 2-oxoglutaric, succinic, malic and citric acids were detected in all these genera, but their concentrations were low.
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