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carboxylic

of or pertaining to the carboxyl group having a carboxyl group written COOH CO2H or COOH as carboxylic acids are weakly acidic...


carboxylate

to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid...


carboxyl group

a monovalent organic radical written COOH CO2H or COOH whose presence confers acidic properties on the compound containing it called also carboxylic group Monocarboxylic acids such as acetic acid or butyric acid have one carboxyl group dicarboxylic acids such as oxalic acid or malonic acid have two tricarboxylic acids such as citric acid have three It is weakly acidic the pKa of acetic acid being 475...


carboxylic acid

an organic compound whose acidity is due to the presence of a carboxyl gorup Monocarboxylic acids such as acetic acid or butyric acid have one carboxyl group dicarboxylic acids such as oxalic acid or malonic acid have two tricarboxylic acids such as citric acid have three...


biotin

a B vitamin C10H16N2O3S that aids in body growth called also vitamin H and coenzyme R It functions as a coenzyme in many carboxylation reactions...


Carboxyl

The complex radical COOH regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon as formic acetic benzoic acids etc have in common called also oxatyl...


dicarbonic

Containing two carbon residues or two carboxyl groups or radicals as oxalic acid is the simplest dicarbonic acid In the latter sense synonymous with dicarboxylic as succinic acid is a dicarboxylic acid...


Hemimellitic

Having half as many three carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid said of an organic acid...


monocarbonic

Containing one carboxyl group as acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid The more common term is monocarboxylic Contrasted with dicarboxylic tricarboxylic etc...


Naphthoic

Pertaining to derived from or related to naphthalene used to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives called naphthoic acids of the general formula C10H7COOH such as 1 naphthoic acid...


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