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carboxybenzaldehyde

carboxybenzaldehyde noun: either of three isomeric carboxylic acids derived from benzoic acid by the addition of an aldehyde group in the benzene ring.

Noun

carboxybenzaldehyde (plural carboxybenzaldehydes)

  1. Either of three isomeric carboxylic acids derived from benzoic acid by the addition of an aldehyde group in the benzene ring
    Synonyms:
    formylbenzoic acid, hydroxyphthalide, phthalaldehydic acid

Synonyms of carboxybenzaldehyde

  • formylbenzoic acid
  • hydroxyphthalide
  • phthalaldehydic acid

Forms of carboxybenzaldehyde

pluralcarboxybenzaldehydes

Questions about carboxybenzaldehyde

What does carboxybenzaldehyde mean?
Carboxybenzaldehyde means either of three isomeric carboxylic acids derived from benzoic acid by the addition of an aldehyde group in the benzene ring.
What part of speech is carboxybenzaldehyde?
Carboxybenzaldehyde is a noun.
What is the plural of carboxybenzaldehyde?
The plural of carboxybenzaldehyde is carboxybenzaldehydes.

Words near carboxybenzaldehyde in the dictionary

  1. carboxyamino
  2. carboxyanhydride
  3. carboxyanhydrides
  4. carboxyarabinitol
  5. carboxyatractyloside
  6. carboxybenzaldehyde
  7. carboxybenzaldehydes
  8. carboxybenzyl
  9. carboxycyanine
  10. carboxycyanines
  11. carboxycylic

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