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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MEC-MIC |
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MESOXALIC ACID (dioxymalonic acid), (HO2C)2C(OH)2 or C3H406, is obtained by hydrolysis of alloxan with baryta water
Liebig
solution (E. Fischer , Ann., 1882, 215, p. 283), or, from glycerin diacetate and concentrated nitric acid in the cold (E. Seelig, Ber.,1891,'24,p.3471). It crystallizes in deliquescent prisms and melts with partial decomposition at 119120 C. It behaves as a ketonic acid, being reduced in aqueous solution by sodium amalgam
hydroxylamine
urea
allantoin
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