carboxylic acid

Noun
  1. An organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups (synset 114763539)
    is a type of: acid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
    subtypes:
    • acetic acid, ethanoic acid - a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
    • adipic acid, hexanedioic acid - a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
    • mucic acid - a solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar
    • octanedioic acid, suberic acid - a dicarboxylic acid found in cork
    • succinic acid - a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes
    • saccharic acid - a white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch
    • decanedioic acid, sebacic acid - a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
    • sorbic acid - a white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative
    • pentanoic acid, valeric acid - a clear liquid carboxylic acid used in perfumes and drugs
    • fatty acid - any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms
    • benzoic acid - a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
    • propanoic acid, propionic acid - a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates
    • lactic acid - a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
    • acrylic acid, propenoic acid - an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins

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