(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carboxyl functional group.

(organic chemistry) 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH₃.CHOH.CO₂H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications.

(inorganic chemistry) An unstable, highly volatile, poisonous acid, HOCN, used to prepare cyanates; hydrolyzes in water to give ammonia and carbon dioxide

(chemistry) Any electrophylic compound that can accept a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.

(chemistry) Iso-cyanic acid, HCNO, an unstable compound which forms explosive salts

(biochemistry) The acidic secretion of the stomach; mostly hydrochloric acid.

plural of acid anhydride

(organic chemistry) An oxylipin lipid, containing a cyclopentanone ring, related to the prostaglandins; its esters, the jasmonates, are responsible for the smell of jasmine and act as plant hormones

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of polycarboxylic acids that have a backbone containing several amino groups; they form chelation complexes with metals; the most common example is ethylenediaminetetracetic acid

(biochemistry) An isoxazole present in Amanita fungi, used as an insecticide.