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Definition of Itaconic acid

1. Noun. A crystalline carboxylic acid; occurs in some fermentations of sugars.

Definition of Itaconic acid

1. Noun. (chemistry) one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH₂=C(CO₂H)-CH₂CO₂H ¹

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Medical Definition of Itaconic acid

1. CH2==C(COOH)CH2COOH;the decarboxylation product of cis-aconitic acid. Synonym: methylenesuccinic acid. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Itaconic acid

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1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"itaconic acid is inodorous, and has a strongly acid taste : when ... itaconic acid treated with sodium-amalgam takes up 2 at. hydrogen and forms ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"The crystals consist of itaconic acid, whilst the oily liquid is citraconic ... C02H CH3 itaconic acid is also produced when aconitic acid is heated with ..."

3. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"If the distillation be still continued, carbon dioxide is given off, and itaconic acid crystallizes in the neck of the retort. ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"Of greater importance appears to be distinction, that the crystals of itaconic acid, as stated by Baup and Crasso, do not melt at 100°, whereas those of ..."

5. Elements of chemistry including the recent discoveries and doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1841)
"Crasso has further shown that the aconitic acid, heated by itself, is converted into itaconic acid and carbonic acid; and that the ita- conic acid, ..."

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