ACETIC ANHYDRIDE


Meaning of ACETIC ANHYDRIDE in English

noun

: a colorless mobile liquid (CH 3 CO) 2 O with a pungent odor and lacrimatory and vesicant action used in organic synthesis, especially in making acetyl derivatives (as cellulose acetate and aspirin) and in condensations

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