Prominent among these are glycerin and succinic acid.
Burmite and simetite agree also in being destitute of succinic acid.
This is true of the fatty acid series, and the corresponding ketones and alcohols, and also of the succinic acid series.
His earlier work included an investigation of succinic acid, and the preparation of phenyl cyanide (benzonitrile), the simplest nitrile of the aromatic series; but later his time was mainly occupied with questions of technology and public health rather than with pure chemistry.
A boiling solution of caustic potash hydrolyses it to ammonia and succinic acid.