📖 Definitions of "Methanoic acid"
noun
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Formic acid
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| Word | Definition |
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| hcoohnoun | — |
| methanoatenoun | (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate. |
| methyl formatenoun | (organic chemistry) the methyl ester of formic acid (HCO₂CH₃) |
| methanoylnoun | (organic chemistry) formyl |
| ethanoic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The systematic alternative name for acetic acid. |
| methyl acetatenoun | (organic chemistry) The methyl ester of acetic acid. |
| cyanoformic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The cyano derivative of formic acid N≡C-COOH |
| methoxymalonic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The dicarboxylic acid 2-methoxypropanedioic acid |
| chloroformic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The chlorinated derivative of formic acid, Cl-COOH, known principally through its esters, the chloroformates, unrelated to chloroform |
| hemicarbonic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) carbonic acid represented as a hydroxy carboxylic acid HO-COOH |
| mebutic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) 2-methyl-butenoic aid CH₃-CH=C(CH₃)-COOH |
| amic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) Any organic compound that has both a carboxylic acid and an amide functional group. |
| formic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour systematically known as methanoic acid; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the formates are used in perfumes. |
| methacrylic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) A colourless liquid, an unsaturated organic acid, used in the manufacture of resins and plastics, with the chemical formula CH₂:C(CH₃)COOH. |
| 2-methyl-2-propenoic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The IUPAC name for methacrylic acid. |
| formatenoun | (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid. |
| methionic acidnoun | (chemistry) The disulfonic acid of methane, prepared by treatment of methanesulfonic acid with oleum. CH₂.(SO₃H)₂. |
| acid of antsnoun | (obsolete, organic chemistry) formic acid |
| maleic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, cis-butenedioic 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 |
| methacrylamidenoun | (organic chemistry) The acid amide of methacrylic acid |
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