Definition & Meaning | English word CITRACONIC
CITRACONIC
Definitions of CITRACONIC
- Of or pertaining to citraconic acid or its derivatives
Number of letters
10
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using CITRACONIC in a Sentence
- Pyrocitric is a group of organic chemical compounds pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid.
- Itaconic acid anhydride is isomerized to citraconic anhydride, which is hydrolyzed and the resulting acid further isomerized under acid-catalysis to give mesaconic acid.
- In order to avoid overheating and thus higher proportions of citraconic anhydride, the dehydration reaction can also be carried out in higher boiling aromatic solvents such as toluene or xylene in the presence of acidic montmorillonite or in cumene in the presence of methanesulfonic acid.
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