monocarboxylic

• Technisches Adjektiv aus der Chemie, das eine organische Säure mit genau einer Carboxygruppe (-COOH) bezeichnet.

A technical adjective used in chemistry to describe an organic acid that contains exactly one carboxyl group (-COOH).

1. Containing one carboxyl groupC2formalscientific

   Describes an organic compound that has exactly one carboxyl functional group (-COOH).

   Eine Carboxygruppe enthaltend

   • Acetic acid is a simple monocarboxylic acid.
   • Monocarboxylic acids are common in many metabolic pathways.
   • The structure of a monocarboxylic compound includes a single -COOH group.