carboxylic acid

Definition

A carbon oxoacid acid carrying at least one -C(=O)OH group and having the structure RC(=O)OH, where R is any any monovalent functional group. Carboxylic acids are the most common type of organic acid.

Reference

  1. EMBL-EBI 2025 Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI). The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EBML). [2025-2-27] www.ebi.ac.uk
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
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carboxylic acid

EUPH Code (UID)

[8199]

EUPH IRI

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33575

Created

2025-05-06

Updated

2025-05-06
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Author: Michael Rubinigg

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Author: Michael Rubinigg

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English
carboxylic acid

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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