Borinic acid, also known as boronous acid, is an oxyacid of boron with formula H 2BOH. Borinate is the associated anion of borinic acid with formula H...

classes of organic compounds (such as aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids), as part of many larger functional groups. A compound containing a carbonyl...

gamma-amine in gamma-aminobutyric acid is on the third carbon of the carbon chain attached to the carboxylic acid group. IUPAC conventions call for numeric...

oxoacids (e.g. esters of acetic acid, carbonic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, xanthic acid), but also from acids that do not contain oxygen...

carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group (−C(=O)−OH) attached to an R-group. The general formula of a carboxylic acid is often...

In organic chemistry, sulfonic acid (or sulphonic acid) refers to a member of the class of organosulfur compounds with the general formula R−S(=O)2−OH...

an antihistamine used to treat allergies. Phenylalanine, a common amino acid. Biphenyl, consisting of two phenyl groups. The two rings tend not to be...

A xanthate is a salt or ester of a xanthic acid. The formula of the salt of xanthic acid is [R−O−CS2]−M+ (where R is organyl group and M is usually Na...

organoiodine compounds (i.e., IBX acid, Dess–Martin periodinane), although these often also oxidize the α position. A Lux-Flood acid will activate other pre-oxidized...

carboxylic acids. Hydrolysis of unsaturated secondary amides, β-Keto acid esters, or β-diketones (the acetoacetic ester synthesis). Acid-catalysed rearrangement...

acetic acid, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, acetyl-CoA, acetylcysteine, acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol), and acetylsalicylic acid (also...

ketals) from aldehydes and ketones, respectively. These conversions are acid catalysed. They eliminate water. Since each step is often a rapid equilibrium...

acid. and a similar reaction with propiophenone, the reaction of phenacyl chloride, the reaction of malononitrile with sodium nitrite in acetic acid A...

In chemistry, a sulfenic acid is an organosulfur compound and oxoacid with the general formula R−S−OH. It is the first member of the family of organosulfur...

bonded to one hydrogen atom. In organic chemistry, alcohols and carboxylic acids contain one or more hydroxy groups. Both the negatively charged anion HO−...

asparagine and glutamine. It can be viewed as a derivative of a carboxylic acid (R−C(=O)−OH) with the hydroxyl group (−OH) replaced by an amine group (−NR′R″);...

bonds, one with the halogen and one with the hydrogen atom of the hydrohalic acid. Markovnikov's rule states that under normal conditions, hydrogen is attached...

carbon acids with nitroso compounds. The rearrangement of trityl N-haloamines in the Stieglitz rearrangement. By reaction of alkenes with hydrazoic acid in...

Although ethers resist hydrolysis, they are cleaved by hydrobromic acid and hydroiodic acid. Hydrogen chloride cleaves ethers only slowly. Methyl ethers typically...

Br, I) This method is used for the production of thioglycolic acid from chloroacetic acid. In general, on the typical laboratory scale, the direct reaction...

peroxides are: Peroxy acids, the peroxy derivatives of many familiar acids, examples being peroxymonosulfuric acid and peracetic acid, and their salts, one...

groups can in principle be derived from other types of acids such as sulfonic acids and phosphonic acids. In the most common arrangement, acyl groups are attached...

Thioxanthate Xanthate Boron Boronic acid Borinic acid Selenium Selenol Selenonic acid Seleninic acid Selenenic acid Selone Tellurium Tellurol Telluroketone...

An organic acid anhydride is an acid anhydride that is also an organic compound. An acid anhydride is a compound that has two acyl groups bonded to the...

Thioxanthate Xanthate Boron Boronic acid Borinic acid Selenium Selenol Selenonic acid Seleninic acid Selenenic acid Selone Tellurium Tellurol Telluroketone...

linkages. Some polyunsaturated fatty acids feature this pentadiene group: linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid, and arachidonic acid. They are susceptible to a range...

nitric acid. Aromatic nitro compounds are typically synthesized by nitration. Nitration is achieved using a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid, which...

also used as an initiator for polymerizations. Peroxyacetic acid, a peroxycarboxylic acid (formula: (RCO3H), is a reagent in organic synthesis. Prostaglandin...

is the precursor to sulforaphane Phenyl isothiocyanate, is used for amino acid sequencing in the Edman degradation. Isothiocyanate and its linkage isomer...

more acidic than the corresponding carboxylic acid RCO2H.[citation needed] Sulfur is pyramidal, consequently sulfinic acids are chiral. The free acids are...