A colourless crystalline fatty acid, (CH2)2(COOH)2; r.d. 1.6; m.p. 185°C; b.p. 235°C. A weak carboxylic acid, it is produced by fermentation of sugar or ammonium tartrate and used as a sequestrant and in making dyes. It occurs in living organisms as an intermediate in metabolism, especially in the Krebs cycle.
Butanedioic acid
See succinate.
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- Shelburne, William Petty-Fitzmaurice Lansdowne, 1st Marquis and 2nd Earl of (1737–1805)
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- Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792–1822)
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