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C6H1008 MUCIC ACID

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C6H1008 MUCIC

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ACID  or HOOC•(CHOH)4•COOH, is'obtained by the oxidation of
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milk,
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sugar, dulcite, galactose, quercite and most varieties of
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gum by nitric
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acid . It forms a crystalline
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powder which melts at 213° C . It is insoluble in
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alcohol, and nearly insoluble in
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cold
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water . When heated with
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pyridine to 14o° C., it is converted into allomucic acid . When digested with fuming hydrochloric acid for some
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time it is converted into as
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furfurane dicarboxylic acid (see FURFURANE) ; while on
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heating with
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barium sulphide it is transformed into a—thiophene carboxylic acid (see TH10PHENE) . The ammonium
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salt yields on dry
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distillation
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carbon dioxide,
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ammonia,
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pyrrol and other substances . The acid when fused with
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caustic alkalies yields oxalic acid .

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