The origin of the names malic, maleic, and malonic acid

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 924-

  Jensen, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUIT JUICES; HISTORY; RESEARCH;

CHEMIST; MALEIC ACID; MALIC ACID; MALONIC ACID;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

EID: 34249828661     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p924     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Scheele, C. W. On the Acid of Fruits and Berries. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar. 1785, 6, 17-27 (in Swedish). An English translation may be found in Dobbins, L. The Collected Papers of Carl Wilhelm Scheele; Bell and Sons: London, 1931; pp 267-275.
2. De Morveau, G.; Lavoisier, A.; Berthollet, C. L.; Fourcroy, A. Méthode de nomenclature chimique; Cuchet: Paris, 1787; p 150.
3. Pelouze, T. J. Mémoire sur les produits de la distillation de l'acide malique. Ann. chim. phys. 1834, 56, 72-87.
4. Demarçay, H. Identité de l'acide fumarique de M. Winckler avec l'acide para-maléique de M. Pelouze. Ann. chim. phys. 1834, 56, 429-433.
5. Winckler, F. L. Ueber eine neue Säure (Fumarsäure) in Extractum Fumariae. Buchners Repertorium 1832, 34, 48-76.
6. The name fumaria or fumatory supposedly comes from the Latin words fume (smoke) and terra (earth) and thus means "smoke of the earth". A variety of contradictory explanations have been offered for this rather imaginative name, none of which are worth repeating here.
7. See the translations in Richardson, G. M., Ed. The Foundations of Stereo Chemistry; Memoirs by Pasteur, van't Hoff, LeBel, and Wislicenus; American Book Co.: New York, NY; 1901.
8. Dessaignes, V. Note sur un acide obtenu par l'oxydation de l'acide malique. Comptes rendus 1858, 47, 76-79.