acetic acid

 

acetic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.

• E260 when used as a preservative
• ethanoic acid, the systematic alternative name

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

• acetic anhydride
• acetaldehyde
• acetylsalicylic acid
• glacial acetic acid

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