butanoic acid
1butanoic acid — noun an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter • Syn: ↑butyric acid • Hypernyms: ↑saturated fatty acid • Hyponyms: ↑hydroxybutyric acid, ↑oxybutyric acid …
2butanoic acid — Systematic name for normal n butyric acid. * * * bu·ta·no·ic ac·id (bu″tə noґik) systematic name for n butyric acid. See also table at fatty acid …
3butanoic acid — noun The chemical compound with the formula CH(CH)COOH, a short chain fatty acid; its glyceride is one of the principle components of the flavour of butter. Syn: butyric acid …
4butanoic acid — /byooht n oh ik, byooht /, Chem. See butyric acid. * * * …
5butanoic acid — [ˌbju:tə nəʊɪk] noun systematic chemical name for butyric acid …
6butanoic acid — /bjutæˌnoʊɪk ˈæsəd/ (say byoohta.nohik asuhd) noun either of two isomeric acids C3H7–COOH, especially the one, a rancid liquid, present in spoiled butter. Also, Obsolete, butyric acid. {butan(e) + oic + acid1} …
7Acid — This article is about acids in chemistry. For the drug, see Lysergic acid diethylamide. For other uses, see Acid (disambiguation). Acidity redirects here. For the novelette, see Acidity (Novelette). Acids and Bases …
8Acid dissociation constant — Acetic acid, a weak acid, donates a proton (hydrogen ion, high …
9butanoic — adjective Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives …
10Carboxylic acid — Structure of a carboxylic acid Carboxylate ion …
