tricarboxylic acid

English

Etymology

tri- + carboxylic acid

Noun

tricarboxylic acid (plural tricarboxylic acids)

  1. (organic chemistry) An organic carboxylic acid whose chemical structure contains three carboxyl functional groups, the best-known example being citric acid.

Coordinate terms

  • tricarboxylate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

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