Malonic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malonic \Ma*lon"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, a dicarboxylic acid produced
     artifically as a white crystalline substance, {CH2.(CO2H)2},
     and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic
     acid.
     [1913 Webster]