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ketocarboxylic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any carboxylic acid having a ketonic carbonyl group, but especially any α-ketocarboxylic acid having the carbonyl group adjacent to the carboxylic acid group

Word forms

ketocarboxylic acid ketocarboxylic acids

Etymology

From keto- + carboxylic acid.

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