adipic acid

English

Noun

adipic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A white crystalline di-carboxylic acid, C₄H₈(COOH)₂; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.

Synonyms

• E355 when used as an acidity regulator
• hexanedioic acid (IUPAC)
• butane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
• butanedicarboxylic acid

Translations

crystalline dicarboxylic acid

• Catalan: àcid adípic m
• Finnish: adipiinihappo
• Indonesian: asam adipat
• Italian: acido adipico (it)
• Javanese: asem adhipat
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: adipīnskābe f
• Portuguese: ácido adípico m
• Romanian: acid adipic (ro) m
• Russian: адипи́новая кислота́ (ru) f (adipínovaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido adípico