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oxopentanoic acid

oxopentanoic acid noun: a ketocarboxylic acid formally derived from pentanoic acid by replacing a methylene group with a carbonyl group.

Noun

oxopentanoic acid (plural oxopentanoic acids)

  1. a ketocarboxylic acid formally derived from pentanoic acid by replacing a methylene group with a carbonyl group

Forms of oxopentanoic acid

pluraloxopentanoic acids

Questions about oxopentanoic acid

What does oxopentanoic acid mean?
Oxopentanoic acid means a ketocarboxylic acid formally derived from pentanoic acid by replacing a methylene group with a carbonyl group.
What part of speech is oxopentanoic acid?
Oxopentanoic acid is a noun.
What is the plural of oxopentanoic acid?
The plural of oxopentanoic acid is oxopentanoic acids.

Words near oxopentanoic acid in the dictionary

  1. oxopantoates
  2. oxopentanal
  3. oxopentanals
  4. oxopentanoate
  5. oxopentanoates
  6. oxopentanoic acid
  7. oxopentanoic acids
  8. oxophenarsine
  9. oxophilic
  10. oxophilicities
  11. oxophilicity

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