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(organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.
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(obsolete, organic chemistry) The organic compound succinic acid.
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(obsolete, organic chemistry) oxalic acid
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(organic chemistry, obsolete) An acid with chemical formula C₁₀H₈O₄, found combined with potash in the alkaline liquor obtained by heating the balsam of angelica with caustic potash.
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(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₁₀H₁₀O₆.
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(chemistry) A specific acid produced by treating oleic acid with nitric acid.
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(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-
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(chemistry) An acid derived from camphor.
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(organic chemistry) Relating to cannabidiolic acid or its derivatives
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(organic chemistry) Synonym of cerotic
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(archaic, organic chemistry) An acid obtained when spermaceti, saponified by means of potash, is decomposed by an acid.
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(organic chemistry) Synonym of ascorbic acid
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(organic chemistry) Relating to chlorokojic acid or its derivatives
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(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to a cumulene
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The disodium salt of inosinic acid, used as a flavor enhancer.
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(organic chemistry) Relating to eicosatetraynoic acid or its derivatives
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(organic chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling euxanthin.
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(chemistry) the supposed acid H₃GaO₃, the acid form of the amphoteric gallium hydroxide Ga(OH)₃, known only as alkali metal salts
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Describing gibberellic acid and its derivatives
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(chemistry, obsolete) fumaric acid
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(organic chemistry) Mellitic acid.
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(organic chemistry) A tricarboxylic acid related to citric acid by the addition of one methylene group, and occurring naturally as a component of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of certain nitrogenase proteins.
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(chemistry) 2,5-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid.
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(chemistry) hydromellone
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(organic chemistry) Relating to isocaproic acid
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(not comparable, organic chemistry) Used in the designation of lysergic acid and lysergic acid diethylamide: produced by hydrolysis from ergot.
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(organic chemistry) Any of a group of sulfonic acids obtained by the action of sulfuric acid on petroleum fractions
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(organic chemistry) an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of fumaric acid; it is found in unripe fruit, and is used industrially in the production of polyester resins
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(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, hydroxy-malonic acid, found in wine, apples and other fruit; it is converted to lactic acid by malolactic fermentation.
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(organic chemistry) a white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, CH₂(COOH)₂, used in making barbiturates
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(chemistry) mellitic acid
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(organic chemistry) A hexacarboxylic acid, benzene hexacarboxylic acid, first discovered in the mineral mellite, which is its aluminium salt.
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(chemistry) inactive tartaric acid
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(organic chemistry) Relating to methylglutaric acid or its derivatives
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(organic chemistry) morin
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(organic chemistry) Relating to mycolipenic acid or its derivatives
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Ellipsis of nebraskanic acid. [A fatty acid found in the seed oil of Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)]
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Synonym of palmitoleic
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(biochemistry) Any of several related derivatives of gluconic acid that have some characteristics of a vitamin
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(obsolete, organic chemistry) sarcolactic acid
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(organic chemistry) An organic acid metameric with malic acid.
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(chemistry) valeric acid
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(organic chemistry) Related to picolinic acid or its derivatives.
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(chemistry) An acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.
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Relating to, or derived from a polyprenol
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(organic chemistry) A ketonic amide derivative of pteridine responsible for some of the colouring in nature. It is also a component of folic acid.
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(organic chemistry, obsolete) chrysophanic acid
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Relating to a salvianolic acid or a derivative
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(organic chemistry) Synonym of sorbitol, when used as a food additive
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(biochemistry) altraric acid
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(chemistry) An anhydride, C₄H₄O₅, of tartaric acid.
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(chemistry) An acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
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