carboxylic acid
Origin of carboxylic acid
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How to use carboxylic acid in a sentence
Potassium permanganate oxidizes it first to methylfurazane-carboxylic acid and then to furazanedicarboxylic acid.
Oxycinnolin carboxylic acid on heating gives oxycinnolin, melting at 225, which with phosphorus pentachloride gives chlorcinnolin.
It is apparently a tropidine monocarboxylic acid, for on exhaustive methylation it yields cycloheptatriene-135-carboxylic acid-7.
British Dictionary definitions for carboxylic acid
/ (ˌkɑːbɒkˈsɪlɪk) /
any of a class of organic acids containing the carboxyl group: See also fatty acid
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Scientific definitions for carboxylic acid
[ kär′bŏk-sĭl′ĭk ]
An organic acid containing one or more carboxyl groups. Carboxylic acids often have names ending in -oic acid, such as benzoic acid. Amino acids, fatty acids, and many other important organic compounds are carboxylic acids.
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