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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Containing carboxyl, CO.OH.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) of or pertaining to the carboxyl group; having a carboxyl group (written -COOH, -CO2H or -CO.OH).

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  • adjective organic chemistry Of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

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Examples

  • Such a combination gives acid properties to a molecule and it is called a carboxylic acid group (carbon plus oxygen plus acid).

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

  • Human skin oils are full of molecules called carboxylic acids.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The focus then shifts to a systematic presentation of the various substrates classes, namely carboxylic esters, amides and peptides, lactams and lactones, esters of inorganic acids, alkene and arene epoxides, and some miscellaneous hydrolyzable moieties.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Oxea is a global supplier of solvents, polyols and oxo derivatives such as carboxylic acids, olefin derivatives and alkylamines.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2010

  • Oxea is a global supplier of solvents, polyols and oxo derivatives such as carboxylic acids, olefin derivatives and alkylamines.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Oxea is a global supplier of solvents, polyols and oxo derivatives such as carboxylic acids, esters and amines.

    Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed 2009

  • Agricultural wastes are now becoming viable alternatives since they are abundantly available, much cheaper and have various functional groups such as carboxylic acid, ester, carboxylate, hydroxyl, phenolic and amino that can act as adsorption sites for heavy metal ions.

    innovations-report 2009

  • OXEA is a global supplier of solvents, polyols and oxo derivatives such as carboxylic acids, esters and amines.

    unknown title 2009

  • OXEA is a global supplier of solvents, polyols and oxo derivatives such as carboxylic acids, esters and amines.

    unknown title 2009

  • Saponification involves hydrolysis of esters under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of a carboxylic acid carboxylates, producing a soap-like solid from the fatty acid derivatives.

    Joan Brunwasser: A Motor Oil Company That's Both Green and Responsible? Check Out Universal Lubricants Joan Brunwasser 2011

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