Butyric acid Common

Butyric acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter

butyric acid butanoic acid

Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₇COOH, occurring in animal milk fat.

See Also

butyrine isomer milk butyronitrile propanecarboxylic acid fat butyric acids flavour

Related Terms

butyrine isomer milk butyronitrile propanecarboxylic acid fat butyric acids flavour butyrate principle fatty acid butyrin butyric carboxylic acid tributylin 1 propanecarboxylic acid butyramide hydroxybutyric acid butyrylation butyration

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

saturated fatty acid

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

hydroxybutyric acid

Rhyming Words

cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid

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