ethanoic acid meaning

Noun: ethanoic acid

1. A colourless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
   - acetic acid

Derived forms: ethanoic acids

Type of: carboxylic acid

Part of: Acular, Cataflam, diclofenac potassium, diclofenac sodium, etodolac, Indocin, indomethacin, ketorolac, ketorolac tromethamine, Lodine, Toradol, Torodal, Voltaren

Encyclopedia: Ethanoic acid

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1. However, careful reading of our acetic acid article will indicate that similarly concentrated solutions of ethanoic acid are also hazardous.
2. Examples include acetic acid over " ethanoic acid ", toluene over " methylbenzene ", lysine over 2, 6-diaminohexanoic acid.
3. The first converts grape sugars to ethanol ( ethyl alcohol ) in the wine; the second fermentation then converts the ethanol to ethanoic acid ( acetic acid ).
4. Just don't ever ask how I memorized the organic acids for chemistry ( formic acid, ethanoic acid, propanoic acid, butanoic acid, valeric acid ).
5. Give a detailed account of how you would prepare a pure dry sample of 3-methylbutyl ethanoate from ethanoic acid, concentrated sulfuric acid and an alcohol which you should choose.