carboxylic
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Others included a carboxylic acid moiety or a methyl ester side chain.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
These previously uncharacterized acid sulfuric anhydride products are almost certainly key contributors to atmospheric new particle formation and a way to efficiently incorporate carboxylic acids into atmospheric nanoparticles.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
As has been found in previous studies, more mosquitoes seemed to prefer people whose scent contained a blend of carboxylic acids, the oily secretions that hydrate and protect our skin.
From Science Magazine ● May 18, 2023
The carboxylic acids are “one significant component but not the only one.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
Their basic idea was the absence of carboxylic groups in tannin, and that hence the total gallic acid must be present in ester form.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
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