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Polycarboxylic acid

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polycarboxylatenoun(organic chemistry) Any ester of a polycarboxylic acid
hexacarboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having six carboxylic acid groups
carboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carboxyl functional group.
dicarboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having two carboxylic acid functional groups.
pentacarboxylatenoun(organic chemistry) Any compound containing five carboxylate groups or anions
tetracarboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having four carboxylic acid groups
aminopolycarboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) A chemical compound containing one or more nitrogen atoms connected through carbon atoms to two or more carboxyl groups.
ketocarboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any carboxylic acid having a ketonic carbonyl group, but especially any α-ketocarboxylic acid having the carbonyl group adjacent to the carboxylic acid group
carotenoic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any carotenoid containing a carboxylic acid functional group.
tricarboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) An organic carboxylic acid whose chemical structure contains three carboxyl functional groups, the best-known example being citric acid.
polyanhydridenoun(organic chemistry) The acid anhydride of a polycarboxylic acid
hydroxy acidnoun(organic chemistry) a carboxylic acid that also contains a hydroxy group
aminocarboxylic(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a carboxylic group
carballylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) The carboxylic acid propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid
monocarboxylatenoun(chemistry) Any molecule with a single carboxylate group.
polyacidnoun(chemistry) Any polybasic acid
polyacrylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any polymer of acrylic acid
alkanoic acidnoun(organic chemistry) Any aliphatic carboxylic acid.
tricarboxylatenoun(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a tricarboxylic acid
aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acidnoun(organic chemistry) a disubstituted cyclic α-amino acid in which a cyclopropane ring is fused to the Cα atom of the amino acid

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