carboxylic acids

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• Oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids — The oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids is an important oxidation reaction in organic chemistry. When a primary alcohol is converted to a carboxylic acid, the terminal carbon atom increases its oxidation state by four. Oxidants able …   Wikipedia

• chrysanthemum-carboxylic acids — Cyclopropane carboxylic acid s substituted in one position by two methyl groups, the other by 2 methyl 1 propenyl (chrysanthemum monocarboxylic acid) or by 3 methoxy 2 methyl 3 oxo 1 propenyl (chrysanthemum dicarboxylic acid methyl ester); these… …   Medical dictionary

• carboxylic — car box*yl ic (k[aum]r b[o^]ks*[i^]l [i^]k), adj. (Chem.) of or pertaining to the {carboxyl group}; having a carboxyl group (written { COOH}, { CO2H} or { CO.OH}); as, carboxylic acids are weakly acidic. Syn: carboxyl. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• carboxylic acid — Chem. any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl groups. [1900 05; CARBOXYL + IC] * * * Any organic compound with the general chemical formula ―COOH in which a carbon (C) atom is bonded to an oxygen (O) atom by a double bond to make a… …   Universalium

• Carboxylic acid — Structure of a carboxylic acid Carboxylate ion …   Wikipedia

• carboxylic acid — n. (Chem.) an organic compound whose acidity is due to the presence of a {carboxyl gorup}. Monocarboxylic acids (such as acetic acid or butyric acid) have one carboxyl group, dicarboxylic acids (such as oxalic acid or malonic acid) have two,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• carboxylic group — carboxyl group car*box yl group (k[aum]r*b[o^]ks [i^]l gr[=oo]p), n. (Chem.) a monovalent organic radical (written { COOH}, { CO2H} or { CO.OH}) whose presence confers acidic properties on the compound containing it; called also {carboxylic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• carboxylic acid — An organic acid with a carboxyl group. Cf.:carboxyl. activated c. derivative of a carboxyl group that is more susceptible to nucleophilic attack than a free carboxyl group; E.G., acid …   Medical dictionary

• uronic acids — Carboxylic acids related to hexose sugars etc. by oxidation of the primary alcohol group, eg. glucuronic, galacturonic acid …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• carboxylic acid — [ˌkα:bɒk sɪlɪk] noun Chemistry an acid containing a carboxyl group, such as formic and acetic acids …   English new terms dictionary

• Chloroacetic acids — In organic chemistry, the chloroacetic acids (systematic name chloroethanoic acids) are three related chlorocarbon carboxylic acids: Chloroacetic acid (chloroethanoic acid ), CH2ClCOOH Dichloroacetic acid (dichloroethanoic acid), CHCl2COOH… …   Wikipedia