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Angelic acid is a monocarboxylic unsaturated organic acid. It is mostly found in the plants of the family Apiaceae. German pharmacist Ludwig Andreas Buchner isolated angelic acid in 1842 from the roots of garden angelica (Angelica archangelica) which gave the acid its name. Angelic acid is a volatile solid with a biting taste and pungent sour odor.

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IUPAC name
(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoic acid

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