mucic acid

American

noun

Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 1 0 O 8 , obtained by the oxidation of certain gums, milk sugar, or galactose, and used chiefly in organic synthesis.

mucic acid British

/ ˈmjuːsɪk /

noun

a colourless crystalline solid carboxylic acid found in milk sugar and used in the manufacture of pyrrole. Formula: C 4 H 4 (OH) 4 (COOH) 2

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Etymology

Origin of mucic acid

First recorded in 1830–40

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If heated with strong nitric acid it gives oxalic, and not mucic acid.

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