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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