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mesaconic_acid

mesaconic acid

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Noun

mesaconic acid (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, trans-CH3-C(CO2H)=CHCO2H; the cis-isomer is citraconic acid

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