{"id":1291,"date":"2026-05-21T16:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexorastudio.ch\/nicomenthyl-test\/wordpress\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:41:51","slug":"why-is-nicotinic-acid-called-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/why-is-nicotinic-acid-called-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is nicotinic acid called that?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1291\" class=\"elementor elementor-1291\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e1ca5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56e1ca5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8bd335 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-1d8bd335-27e6fac \" data-id=\"1d8bd335\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"1d8bd335\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-id=\"1d8bd335\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2313a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"1f2313a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-22d5bc3 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/category\/faq-relations-niacin-menthol\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">FAQ - Relations with niacin and menthol<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6689304e elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6689304e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why is nicotinic acid called that?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"3e3b6fc6\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"3e3b6fc6\">In 1873 the Austrian chemist Hugo Weidel managed to synthetize it by oxidizing nicotine with nitric acid. This has been the only reason this substance was then called \u201cNicotinic\u201d acid, even though it was not biochemically or toxicologically related to the well-known tobacco alkaloid.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9806c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b9806c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-180b9f09 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"180b9f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/it\/perche-lacido-nicotinico-si-chiama-cosi\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M31.7 239l136-136c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.6 22.6c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L127.9 256l96.4 96.4c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L201.7 409c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-136-136c-9.5-9.4-9.5-24.6-.1-34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--label\">Precedente<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/it\/qual-e-la-differenza-tra-acido-nicotinico-e-niacina\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--label\">Prossima<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1873 the Austrian chemist Hugo Weidel managed to synthetize it by oxidizing nicotine with nitric acid. This has been the only reason this substance was then called \u201cNicotinic\u201d acid, even though it was not biochemically or toxicologically related to the well-known tobacco alkaloid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq-relations-niacin-menthol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multichem.it\/nicomenthyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}