- monocarboxylic acid
- mono·car·box·yl·ic ac·id (mon″o-kahr″bok-silґik) a carboxylic acid containing a single carboxyl group.
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monocarboxylic acid
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monocarboxylic — adjective Date: 1892 containing one carboxyl group < acetic acid is a monocarboxylic acid > … New Collegiate Dictionary
monocarboxylic — [män΄ōkär΄bäks il′ik] adj. having only one carboxylic acid group in the molecule … English World dictionary
monocarboxylic — monocarbonic mon o*car*bon ic, monocarboxylic mon o*car*box*yl ic, a. [Mono + carbonic.] (Chem.) Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid. The more common term is {monocarboxylic}. Contrasted with {dicarboxylic},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monocarboxylic — monocarbonic mon o*car*bon ic, monocarboxylic mon o*car*box*yl ic, a. [Mono + carbonic.] (Chem.) Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid. The more common term is {monocarboxylic}. Contrasted with {dicarboxylic},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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monocarboxylic — adjective Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group … Wiktionary
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fatty acid — noun Date: 1838 1. any of numerous saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids CnH2n+1COOH (as acetic acid) including many that occur naturally usually in the form of esters in fats, waxes, and essential oils 2. any of the saturated or unsaturated… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Dicarboxylic acid — Dicarboxylic acids are organic compounds that contain two carboxylic acid functional groups. In molecular formulae for dicarboxylic acids, these groups are often written as HOOC R COOH, where R may be an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl group.… … Wikipedia
