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Pyruvic acid
Pyruvic acid
(CH
3
COCOOH) is the simplest of the
alpha-keto acids
, with a
carboxylic acid
and a
ketone
functional group.
Pyruvate
, the
conjugate base
, CH
3
COCOO
-
, is a key intermediate in several metabolic pathways.
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