itaconic, a. Chem.
(ɪtəˈkɒnɪk)
[Formed by arbitrary transposition of letters from aconitic.]
Of, pertaining to, or derived from aconitin. itaconic acid, C5H6O4, an acid isomeric with citraconic and mesaconic acids, obtained in the dry distillation of citric acid. Its salts are iˈtaconates.
| 1865–72 Watts Dict. Chem. III. 435 Itaconic acid is dibasic, forming acid salts, C5H5MO4, and neutral salts, C5H4M2O4. The neutral itaconates of the alkali-metals do not crystallise. |