oxaloacetaten.
/ˌɒksələʊˈasᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˈˌɑksəloʊˈæsəˌteɪt/, /ɑkˌsæloʊˈæsəˌteɪt/ Chemistry.
A salt or ester, or the anion, of oxaloacetic acid.
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1891 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 60 1333 On mixing..a benzene solution of carbon oxychloride with copper oxalacetate..the copper salt takes up an appreciable quantity of chlorine.
1931 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 53 1989 Müller..synthesized its ethyl ester by condensation of urea with diethyl oxaloacetate in acid solution.
1962 S. G. Waley in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 356 Another γ-keto acid that undergoes enzymatic decarboxylation is oxaloacetate.
2000 New Scientist 1 Apr. 19/2 C4 plants absorb CO2 and store large quantities of it instantly as four-carbon acids such as oxaloacetate, malate and aspartate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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