pelargonic acid meaning

• noun
    An oily fatty acid, obtained esp from the leaves of plants of the Pelargonium genus (also called nonanoic acid)
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  [Medicine]
  n : an oily fatty acid C₉H₁₈O₂ found esp. in fusel oil and rancid fats and made synthetically by oxidation of oleic acid
  

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Examples

1. Azelaic acid and pelargonic acids are produced from ozonolysis of oleic acid on an industrial scale.
2. It is an amide of pelargonic acid ( n-nonanoic acid ) and vanillyl amine.
3. "' Nonanoic acid "', also called "'pelargonic acid "', is an organic compound composed of a nine-carbon chain terminating in a carboxylic acid with structural formula CH 3 ( CH 2 ) 7 COOH . The esters and salts of nonanoic acid are called "'nonanoates " '.