You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZmesoxalic acid
noun
mes·ox·al·ic acid
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: a crystalline acid CO(COOH)2 or C(OH)2(COOH)2 made especially by oxidation of amino-malonic acid
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