mucic acid

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. 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.

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mucic acid British  

/ ˈmjuːsɪk /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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 Cross, C. F.

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

Mū′cate, a salt of mucic acid and a base.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various