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
They also tweaked a carboxylic acid group at the bottom of the molecule, speeding up how quickly the antifungal removed ergosterols.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 8, 2023
All humans produce carboxylic acid through sebum, a waxy coating, on their skin.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
Digallic acid 2.1042 80.16 19.84 Leucodigallic acid 2.0041 1.94 98.06 With the introduction of the carboxylic group the tendency of condensation to diphenylmethane derivatives is lessened; by protocatechuic acid the tendency is nil.
From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser
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