succinic acid

English

Molecular structure of succinic acid.

Noun

succinic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂COOH)₂, that occurs naturally in amber and is important in the metabolic Krebs cycle.

Synonyms

• E363 when used as an acidity regulator

Translations

colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂COOH)₂

• Catalan: àcid succínic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 琥珀酸 (zh) (hǔpòsuān)

• Dutch: barnsteenzuur (nl) n
• Finnish: meripihkahappo
• French: acide succinique (fr) m
• German: Bernsteinsäure (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτρικό οξύ n (ilektrikó oxý)
• Hindi: तृणमण्याम्ल (tŕṇmaṇyāmla)
• Japanese: コハク酸 (kohaku-san), 琥珀酸 (kohaku-san)
• Latvian: dzintarskābe f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: ravsyre f

• Romanian: acid succinic (ro) m
• Russian: янта́рная кислота́ f (jantárnaja kislotá), бутандикислота́ f (butandikislotá)
• Spanish: ácido succínico m
• Swedish: bärnstenssyra c

Further reading

• succinic acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia