acid anhydride
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Noun[edit]
acid anhydride (plural acid anhydrides)
- (organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds having two acyl groups bonded to the same oxygen atom. They react with water to give carboxylic acids.
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organic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups
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