Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercaptoundecanoic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mer-cap-tounde-canoic acid
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any derivative of undecanoic acid in which one of the hydrogen atoms of the chain has been replaced with a mercaptan (-SH) group, but especially 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid which is used in the preparation of nanocomposite materials

Inflected Forms

mercaptoundecanoic acids (plural)

Questions

What does mercaptoundecanoic acid mean?: Any derivative of undecanoic acid in which one of the hydrogen atoms of the chain has been replaced with a mercaptan (-SH) group, but especially 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid which is used in the preparation of nanocomposite materials

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