Carboxylic acid An organic compound containing the carboxyl group

Carboxylic acid an organic compound containing the carboxyl group an acid with the general formula RCOOH. 

Carboxylic acid an organic compound containing the carboxyl group an acid with the general formula RCOOH. (22.4) Catalyst a substance that speeds up a reaction without being consumed. (12.7)... 

Organic compounds containing the cyano group (—C=N) are called nitriles. A cyanohydrin is therefore an a-hydroxynitrilc. Nitriles hydrolyze to carboxylic acids under acidic conditions (discussed in Section 21-7D), so cyanohydrins hydrolyze to a-hydroxy acids. This is the most convenient method for making many a-hydroxy acids. 

The above methods occurred in 3 steps, therefore, these methods are not preferred. For instance, in the first step, o-, m-, and p-bromostyrene and its copolymer are synthesized. In the second step, Li-PS is synthesized from the reaction of copolymers with an organic compound containing LI. The abovementioned reactions are made with different compounds of Li-PS in the third step. These methods were also investigated by Ayres and Mann [34], who used the synthesis of PS containing chloro groups with chloromethylated PS as the first step. In the second step, formil resin was obtained by oxidation of chlorometylated PS. In the third step, carboxyl-ated PS was obtained by the oxidation of formol resin with acetic acid at 20°C for 48 h. There are some disad-... 

Amino acid— An organic compound whose molecules contain both an amino group (-NH ) and a carboxyl group (-COOH). One of the building blocks of a protein. 

Ammo acids are organic compounds containing both an amino group (— NH2) and a carboxyl group (—COOH). Those occurring in proteins are called a-amino acids and have the empirical formula RCH(NH2)COOH. As shown below, the core of an a-amino acid is the carbon atom next to the carboxylic acid group. 

AMINO ACID An organic compound that contains at least one carboxyl group (-COOH) and one amino group (-NH2). They are the building blocks of which proteins are made. 

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