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Definition of Hydroxyacetic acid

1. Noun. A translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes.

Definition of Hydroxyacetic acid

1. Noun. Glycolic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Hydroxyacetic acid

1. Hydroxyacetic acid, found in young plants and green fruits. Glycolate is formed from ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate in a seemingly wasteful side reaction of photosynthesis, known as photorespiration. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Hydroxyacetic acid

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1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"hydroxyacetic acid crystallizes from water, in which it is very soluble, in concentrically grouped needles ; on dissolving these in ether free from alcohol ..."

2. HVAC and Chemical Resistance Handbook for the Engineer and Architect: A ...by Tom Arimes by Tom Arimes (1994)
"... Wet Fumes hydroxyacetic acid 35 hydroxyacetic acid 70 Hydroxyacetic: Phosphoric: Sulfuric Acids' 29:51:20 Hydroxylamine Acid Sulfate (Hydroxyl- ammonium ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1896)
"... hydroxyacetic acid. ... a • hydroxyacetic acid, crystallises in colourless prisms and melts at 75—76°. ..."

4. Watts' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical (based on Fownes' Manual). by Henry Watts, George Fownes, William Augustus Tilden (1886)
"hydroxyacetic acid. They contain two hydroxyl groups, one alcoholic (connected with the radicle C^H.^), and having its hydrogen replaceable by univalent ..."

5. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"... an unstable modification is obtained which, for some time, melts at 52° ; it boils at 186°. When heated with water or alkali it gives hydroxyacetic acid ..."

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