acid anhydride

noun

A class of organic compounds having two acyl groups bonded to the same oxygen atom. They react with water to give carboxylic acids.

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acyl anhydride
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Meanings

nounacid anhydride (plural acid anhydrides)

plural acid anhydrides

  1. chemistryA class of organic compounds having two acyl groups bonded to the same oxygen atom. They react with water to give carboxylic acids.

    Synonyms: acyl anhydride

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA class of organic compounds having two acyl groups bonded to the same oxygen atom. They react with water to give carboxylic acids.

Similar
acyl anhydride

Translations

Afrikaans suuranhidried
  • suuranhidriedorganic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups
Chinese Cantonese 酸酐
  • 酸酐 (syun¹ gon¹)organic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups
Chinese Mandarin 酸酐
  • 酸酐 (suāngān)organic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups
Finnish happoanhydridi
  • happoanhydridiorganic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups
German Säureanhydrid
  • Säureanhydridorganic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups
Swedish syraanhydrid
  • syraanhydridorganic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups
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APA

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