acid anhydrides

Other forms: acids anhydrides

Definitions of acid anhydrides
  1. noun
    organic compounds that react with water to form an acid
    synonyms: acyl anhydrides
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    type of:
    organic compound
    any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
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