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MESOXALIC See also:ACID (dioxymalonic acid), (HO2C)2C(OH)2 or C3H406, is obtained by See also:hydrolysis of alloxan with baryta See also:water (J. v . See also:Liebig, See also:Ann., 1838, 26, p . 298), by warming caffuric See also:acid with See also:lead acetate See also:solution (E . See also:Fischer, Ann., 1882, 215, p . 283), or, from See also:glycerin diacetate and concentrated nitric acid in the See also:cold (E . Seelig, Ber.,1891,'24,p.3471) . It crystallizes in deliquescent prisms and melts with partial decomposition at 119–120° C . It behaves as a ketonic acid, being reduced in aqueous solution by See also:sodium See also:amalgam to tartronic acid, and also combining with phenylhydrazine and See also:hydroxylamine . It reduces ammoniacal See also:silver solutions . When heated with See also:urea to too° ,C. it forms See also:allantoin . By continued boiling of its aqueous solution it is decomposed into See also:carbon dioxide and glyoxylic acid, C2H404 . |
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