mesaconic acid

noun

mes·​acon·​ic acid

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: a crystalline unsaturated acid HOOCCH=C(CH₃)COOH made by thermal isomerization of citraconic acid; methyl-fumaric acid

Word History

Etymology

probably from International Scientific Vocabulary mes- + citraconic acid

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