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LONDON. Chemical Society, March 19.—Mr. A. G. V. Harcourt, President, in the chair.—The following papers were read:—The constitution of a new organic acid resulting from the oxidation of tartaric acid, by H. J. H. Fenton. The acid obtained by the oxidation of tartaric acid in presence of iron seems to be a dihydroxymaleic acid of the constitution C(OH)(COOH): C(OH) (COOH); an isomeric acid has also been prepared, which is possibly the corresponding dihydroxyfumaric acid.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 54, 22–24 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054022b0
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