monobasic
Americanadjective
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Relating to an acid that contains only one hydrogen atom that can be replaced in an acid-base reaction. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and nitric acid (HNO 3) are monobasic acids.
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Of or relating to a compound that contains one metal ion or positive radical.
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The writer found that we can produce this membrane in the unfertilised egg by certain acids, especially the monobasic acids of the fatty series, e.g. formic, acetic, propionic, butyric, etc.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
Aliphatic monobasic acids are further divided according to the nature of the parent hydrocarbon.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
They are all monobasic, and this fact is expressed in the formulas by separating the replaceable hydrogen atom from the rest of the molecule: H·CHO2 formic acid, a liquid boiling at 100°.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
They are all monobasic acids; the lower members are colourless liquids, and the higher members from C7H15COOH upwards are colourless solids.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
Ordinary resin, or colophony, consists chiefly of a monobasic acid having the empirical formula C20H30O2, known as sylvinic acid, whose exact structure is not known.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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