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thiocarboxylic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thio-car-boxylic acid
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any analogue of a carboxylic acid, or general formula RC(=S)OH, RC(=O)SH or RC(=S)SH in which one or both of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur

Etymology

From thio- + carboxylic acid.

Inflected Forms

thiocarboxylic acids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

thioaldehyde thioanhydride thioether thioketone

Questions

What does thiocarboxylic acid mean?
any analogue of a carboxylic acid, or general formula RC(=S)OH, RC(=O)SH or RC(=S)SH in which one or both of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur
Where does thiocarboxylic acid come from?
From thio- + carboxylic acid.

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