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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Noting an acid, a colorless compound, HOCOCH:C(CH3)COOH, formed by the hydration of citraconic anhydrid at 150° C. It crystallizes in rhombic octahedra, melts at 161° C., and is closely related to citraconic and mesaconic acids.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to itaconic acid or its derivatives
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids.
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- Derived from an anagram of aconitic. (Wiktionary)
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