dicarboxylic acid

[ dahy-kahr-bok-sil-ik, -kahr- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. any of the organic compounds that contain two carboxyl groups.

dicarboxylic acid

/ daɪˌkɑːbɒkˈsɪlɪk /

noun

1. any carboxylic acid that contains two carboxyl groups per molecule

Word History and Origins

Origin of dicarboxylic acid¹

di- ¹ + carboxylic acid

Example Sentences

Citric acid digested at a temperature below 40�C. with concentrated sulphuric acid gives off carbon monoxide and forms acetone dicarboxylic acid.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus ortho-phenylene diamine yields the following products:— In some cases oxidation of condensed benzenoid-heterocyclic nuclei results in the rupture of the heterocyclic ring with the formation of a benzene dicarboxylic acid; but if the aromatic nucleus be weakened by the introduction of an amino group, then it is the benzenoid nucleus which is destroyed and a dicarboxylic acid of the heterocyclic ring system obtained.

From Project Gutenberg