A crystalline organic acid which occurs in living tissue as an intermediate in glucose metabolism.
Chemical formula: HOOC(CH2)2COOH.
Like these two principal grape acids, pure succinic acid is a white crystalline solid that is very soluble in water and alcoholic water solutions such as wine....
This alcohol was then conjugated to one of the COOH groups of succinic acid, forming an ester linkage.
Cells were then washed twice with distilled water and incubated further for 5 hr in an equal volume of yeast extract-peptone media containing 2% (w/v) glycerol and 1% succinic acid.
Origin
Late 18th century: succinic from French succinique, from Latin succinum 'amber' (from which it was first derived).