citraconic acid

noun

cit·​ra·​con·​ic acid

¦si‧trə¦känik-

: a white crystalline deliquescent dicarboxylic acid CH₃C(COOH)=CHCOOH obtained by distillation of citric acid; methyl-maleic acid

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary citr- + aconic; probably originally formed as French citraconique

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

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