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phosphonopentanoic

phosphonopentanoic adjective: describing a compound in which a terminal hydrogen atom of pentanoic acid (or more frequently 2-amino-pentanoic acid) is replaced by a phosphonic acid.

Adjective

phosphonopentanoic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a compound in which a terminal hydrogen atom of pentanoic acid (or more frequently 2-amino-pentanoic acid) is replaced by a phosphonic acid

Questions about phosphonopentanoic

What does phosphonopentanoic mean?
Phosphonopentanoic means describing a compound in which a terminal hydrogen atom of pentanoic acid (or more frequently 2-amino-pentanoic acid) is replaced by a phosphonic acid.
What part of speech is phosphonopentanoic?
Phosphonopentanoic is an adjective.

Words near phosphonopentanoic in the dictionary

  1. phosphonoformic acid
  2. phosphonoglycerol
  3. phosphonoglycerols
  4. phosphonolipid
  5. phosphonolipids
  6. phosphonopentanoic
  7. phosphonopyruvate
  8. phosphonopyruvates
  9. phosphonopyruvic acid
  10. phosphonoselenoate
  11. phosphonoselenoates

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