monocarboxylic
[ mon-uh-kahr-bok-sil-ik ]
/ ˌmɒn əˌkɑr bɒkˈsɪl ɪk /
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adjective Chemistry.
containing one carboxyl group.
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Words nearby monocarboxylic
monoblastic, monobloc, monobrow, monobuoy, monocable, monocarboxylic, monocarp, monocarpellary, monocarpic, monocarpous, monocephalic
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Example sentences from the Web for monocarboxylic
It is apparently a tropidine monocarboxylic acid, for on exhaustive methylation it yields cycloheptatriene-135-carboxylic acid-7.