mucic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of mucic
Example Sentences
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Moderately strong nitric acid changes it into mucic, saccharic, tartaric and oxalic acids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
HCl it gave 15.3 p.ct. furfural; oxidised with nitric acid it yielded 10.4 p.ct. mucic acid.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by C. F. Cross
When boiled with nitric acid, it is oxidized to mucic, saccharic, and oxalic acids.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
If heated with strong nitric acid it gives oxalic, and not mucic acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
They yield mucic and oxalic acids when treated with nitric acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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