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ketocarboxylic acid

ketocarboxylic acid noun: any carboxylic acid having a ketonic carbonyl group, but especially any α-ketocarboxylic acid having the carbonyl group adjacent to the carboxylic acid group.

Noun

ketocarboxylic acid (plural ketocarboxylic acids)

  1. Any carboxylic acid having a ketonic carbonyl group, but especially any α-ketocarboxylic acid having the carbonyl group adjacent to the carboxylic acid group

Forms of ketocarboxylic acid

pluralketocarboxylic acids

Origin of ketocarboxylic acid

From keto- + carboxylic acid.

Questions about ketocarboxylic acid

What does ketocarboxylic acid mean?
Ketocarboxylic acid means any carboxylic acid having a ketonic carbonyl group, but especially any α-ketocarboxylic acid having the carbonyl group adjacent to the carboxylic acid group.
What part of speech is ketocarboxylic acid?
Ketocarboxylic acid is a noun.
What is the plural of ketocarboxylic acid?
The plural of ketocarboxylic acid is ketocarboxylic acids.

Words near ketocarboxylic acid in the dictionary

  1. ketocarbenes
  2. ketocarbenoid
  3. ketocarbenoids
  4. ketocarboxylate
  5. ketocarboxylates
  6. ketocarboxylic acid
  7. ketocarboxylic acids
  8. ketocarotenoid
  9. ketocarotenoids
  10. ketocholesterol
  11. ketocholesterols

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