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haloalkanoic

haloalkanoic adjective: describing any halo- derivative of an aliphatic carboxylic acid.

Adjective

haloalkanoic (not comparable)

  1. Describing any halo- derivative of an aliphatic carboxylic acid

Origin of haloalkanoic

From halo- + alkanoic.

Questions about haloalkanoic

What does haloalkanoic mean?
Haloalkanoic means describing any halo- derivative of an aliphatic carboxylic acid.
What part of speech is haloalkanoic?
Haloalkanoic is an adjective.

Words near haloalkanoic in the dictionary

  1. haloalkaliphile
  2. haloalkaliphiles
  3. haloalkaliphilic
  4. haloalkane
  5. haloalkanes
  6. haloalkanoic
  7. haloalkene
  8. haloalkenes
  9. haloalkenyl
  10. haloalkenyls
  11. haloalkoxy

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