ASPARTIC

ACID, n. A's-pasrt/i2k, Fr., acide as part i que. Ger., As part insäure. ‘It.. acido aspartico. Sp., dcido aspärtico, Syn.: asparagic (or asparamic, or asparmic, or amido succinic) oath, A ane crystalline acid, having the composition O, — (CHa.CO. F 5 DR CAH,NO,= lari zati on to the righty and, when di olved in an alkali, rotates it {othe lett. tt crystallizes in thin rectangular plates.’ [B, 2.|— Inactive a. a. An isomeric variety which has no action on the larized beam, and forms erystals of the monoclinic system. [B, 5. Isoa’ a. Syn.: methylmalanic acid, amidoisosuceinic acid.. A crystalline variety, CHy —.OH).NH, — CO.OH, soluble with difficulty in water and almost insoluble in alcohol. _ Its solutions are optically inactive. [G. Kérner and A. Menozzi, “ Ann. di chim. e di farm.,” July, 1886, p. 32 (B).]