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carboxylic acid
carboxylic acid
/ ˌkɑːbɒkˈsɪlɪk /
noun
- See fatty acidany of a class of organic acids containing the carboxyl group See also fatty acid
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of carboxylic acid1
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Example Sentences
Potassium permanganate oxidizes it first to methylfurazane-carboxylic acid and then to furazanedicarboxylic acid.
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Oxycinnolin carboxylic acid on heating gives oxycinnolin, melting at 225, which with phosphorus pentachloride gives chlorcinnolin.
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It is apparently a tropidine monocarboxylic acid, for on exhaustive methylation it yields cycloheptatriene-135-carboxylic acid-7.
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