Concept information
Preferred term
carboxylic acid
Definition(s)
- Carboxylic acids are organic compounds that contain one or more carboxyl groups (RC(=O)OH), where R is an organic group. Those acids where R is a straight-chain alkyl group are sometimes known as fatty acids, and are named as alkanoic acids from the corresponding alkane, i.e., their names end in the suffix '-oic' (e.g., ethanoic acid, CH₃COOH). (Encyclopedia of Science, by David Darling, https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/carboxylic.html)
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