Adipic acid

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA white crystalline di-carboxylic acid, C4H8(COOH)2; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.

Synonyms

E355 acidity regulator butane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid butanedicarboxylic acid hexanedioic acid adipate aminoadipic acid adiponitrile adipoyl adipimidate aminoadipate ketoadipic acid

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