Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing two carboxyl groups per molecule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing two carboxyl groups, — CO.OH, in the molecule, as an organic compound.
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- adjective organic chemistry Having two
carboxylic groups
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- adjective containing two carboxyls per molecule
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Examples
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CHANG, SHU-PE I, RIDGWAY, R. and RISER, G.R. (1975) Oligomeric plasticizers from crambe oilderived dicarboxylic acids for poly (vinyl chloride).
Chapter 5 1953
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O which is formed in addition to hexahydroxydiphenylmethane-dicarboxylic acid --
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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Glutaric Acid - One of the dicarboxylic acids, glutaric acid is a by-product of amino acid metabolism.
unknown title 2009
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Glutaric Acid - One of the dicarboxylic acids, glutaric acid is a by-product of amino acid metabolism.
unknown title 2009
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One chemical process for making silk clothing more wrinkle resistant is by bathing silk in "an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble epoxy compound in a catalyst which may be selected from alkali metal or alkali earth metal salts of dicarboxylic acids, tricarboxylic acids, and amino carboxylic acids."
Organic_Clothing mlackman 2008
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The fatty acids can be converted by yeasts to long chain dicarboxylic acids providing novel building blocks for polymer industries.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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This latter, by careful oxidation, yields apophyllenic acid, C_ {8} H_ {7} NO_ {4}, and this, on heating with hydrochloric acid to 240° C., yields pyridine-dicarboxylic acid, C_ {5} H_ {9} N (COOH) _ {2}.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Now the two acids last mentioned are simple substitution products of pyridine, oxycinchomeronic acid being a pyridine-dicarboxylic acid, C_ {5} H_ {2} N (COOH) _ {3}, and cinchomeronic acid, a pyridine-dicarboxylic acid, C_ {5} H_ {3} N (COOH) _ {2}.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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