HyperDic: hexanoic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression hexanoic acid:
NOUNsubstancehexanoic acid, caproic acida fatty acid found in animal ... / animal oils and fats or made synthetically
English > hexanoic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA fatty acid found in animal ... / animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats.
Synonymcaproic acid
Broadersaturated fatty acidA fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms
Spanishácido caproico, ácido caprónico, ácido hexanoico
Catalanàcid hexanoic

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