Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called maleic acid.
The most marked case presented is that of maleic and fumaric acids.
COOH, which with baryta gave chloroform and maleic acid.
Maleic anhydride is obtained by distilling fumaric acid with phosphorus pentoxide.
Maleic acid is obtained by distilling malic or fumaric acids; by heating fumaric acid with acetyl chloride to 100 deg.
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