acid anhydride

English

Noun

acid anhydride (plural acid anhydrides)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• acyl anhydride

Translations

organic compounds with oxygen atom bonded to two acyl groups

• Afrikaans: suuranhidried
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 酸酐 (syun¹ gon¹)

  Mandarin: 酸酐 (zh) (suāngān)

• Finnish: happoanhydridi
• German: Säureanhydrid n
• Swedish: syraanhydrid c

See also

• acetic anhydride
• base anhydride
• phthalic anhydride