acide carboxylique

a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals

any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms

any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt