ETHYLHEXOIC ACID


Meaning of ETHYLHEXOIC ACID in English

|ethə̇l|hek|sōik- noun

Etymology: ethyl + hexoic

: a colorless liquid acid CH 3 (CH 2 ) 3 CH(C 2 H 5 )COOH made synthetically and used in the form of its salts (as the cobalt or lead salt) chiefly as varnish driers; 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid

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