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butanoic

butanoic adjective: of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives.

Adjective

butanoic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives

Origin of butanoic

From butane + -oic.

Words formed from butanoic

Phrases with butanoic

Questions about butanoic

What does butanoic mean?
Butanoic means of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives.
What part of speech is butanoic?
Butanoic is an adjective.

Words near butanoic in the dictionary

  1. butanethiol
  2. butanethiols
  3. butanilicaine
  4. butanoate
  5. butanoates
  6. butanoic
  7. butanoic acid
  8. butanol
  9. butanolate
  10. butanolates
  11. butanolid

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