Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandelic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: man-delic acid
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

2-phenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid, C₆H₅CH(OH)COOH; originally extracted from bitter almonds, it has antibacterial and bacteriostatic properties.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

mandelate

Synonyms

amygdalic acid

Questions

What does mandelic acid mean?: 2-phenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid, C₆H₅CH(OH)COOH; originally extracted from bitter almonds, it has antibacterial and bacteriostatic properties.

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