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mesaconic_acid

mesaconic acid

English

Noun

mesaconic acid ‎(uncountable)

(chemistry) one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, trans-CH₃-C(CO₂H)=CHCO₂H; the cis-isomer is citraconic acid

See also

itaconic acid