Assertion: tartaric acid | /r/CapableOf | comprise oxidizing dextrose
Facets:
value: as a catalyst
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A process for the production of tartaric acids which comprises oxidizing dextrose in an aqueous solution with nitric acid in the presence of sodium orthovanadat as a catalyst and while neated with the formation of dextro and meso tartaric acids and oxalic acid, separating oxalic acid from liquid, precipitating dextro and meso tartaric acids and residual oxalic acid through the addition. of zinc carbonate to about neutralization and in heated condition, cooling, separating this precipitated zinc salt of dextro and meso tartaric acids and of oxalic acid, and