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<p><b>Acetoacetic acid</b> (<a href="page.php?w=IUPAC_name">IUPAC name</a>: <b>3-oxobutanoic acid</b>, also known as <b>acetonecarboxylic acid</b> or <b>diacetic acid</b>) is the <a href="page.php?w=organic_compound">organic compound</a> with the formula CH<sub><span style="font-size:100%;">3</span></sub>COCH<sub><span style="font-size:100%;">2</span></sub>COOH. It is the simplest beta-<a href="page.php?w=keto_acid">keto acid</a>, and like other members of this class, it is unstable.  The <a href="page.php?w=Methyl_acetoacetate">methyl</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Ethyl_acetoacetate">ethyl</a></p><p>
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