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Definition of Acid anhydrides
1. Noun. Organic compounds that react with water to form an acid.
Definition of Acid anhydrides
1. Noun. (plural of acid anhydride) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acid Anhydrides
Literary usage of Acid anhydrides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"acid anhydrides. Corresponding to the monobasic fatty acids there are anhydrides,
... The most of the acid anhydrides are liquids, but those of higher ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"acid anhydrides.—These compounds, which may generally be obtained by the action
of the acid chlorides on the acids, bear the same relation to the acids that ..."
3. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"acid anhydrides. If acid chlorides be allowed to act upon the sodium salt of a
fatty acid an acid anhydride is formed:— ..."
4. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"acid anhydrides ^>O R— CO\ R— CO/ The acid anhydrides, as just stated, ...
As would be expected the acid anhydrides react readily with water and reform the ..."
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