| malonic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| malonic acid | HOOC-CH2-COOH;a dicarboxylic acid of importance in intermediary metabolism; an inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase. Synonym: propanedioic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |