oxoglutaric acid
Biochemistry
noun
(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.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Chemical Society.