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Definition of Caproic acid
1. Noun. A fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats.
Definition of Caproic acid
1. Noun. (fatty acid) A liquid fatty acid, CH3(CH2)4COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and flavours. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Caproic Acid
Literary usage of Caproic acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"caproic acid is dissolved by sulphuric acid without change in the cold, and is
again liberated on the addition of water. A concentrated solution of caproate ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1857)
"From the solution of this salt in a small quantity of water, sulphuric acid
separates the caproic acid in the form of an oil which rises to the surface. ..."
3. Principles of Theoretical Chemistry, with Special Reference to the by Ira Remsen (1877)
"The cyanide from normal amj-1 alcohol yields normal caproic acid. Ordinary caproic
acid is obtained from the cyanide of ordinary amyl alcohol. ..."
4. Fownes' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1878)
"Normal caproic acid is a clear mobile oil, having a somewhat sudorific and pungent
odor, a specific gravity of 0.945 at oo, ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1862)
"It boils at about 392°, and may be distilled \Vator dissolves it to a small extent.
caproic acid is small quantity by the saponification of butter, ..."
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