benzoic acid

English

Ball-and-stick model of benzoic acid.

Noun

benzoic acid (countable and uncountable, plural benzoic acids)

1. (organic chemistry) A white crystalline organic acid, C₆H₅COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications.

Synonyms

• E210 when used as a preservative

Derived terms

• amidotrizoic acid
• aminobenzoic acid
• diatrizoic acid
• dihydroxybenzoic acid
• hydroxybenzoic acid
• iodoxybenzoic acid
• nitrobenzoic acid
• perchlorobenzoic acid
• probenecid
• thiobenzoic acid
• trihydroxybenzoic acid

Translations

white crystalline organic acid, C₆H₅COOH

• Catalan: àcid benzoic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苯甲酸 (zh) (běn jiǎ suān), 安息香酸 (zh) (ān xī xiāng suān)

• Czech: kyselina benzoová f
• Danish: benzoesyre c
• Dutch: benzoëzuur n, benzeencarbonzuur n
• Finnish: bentsoehappo
• French: acide benzoïque (fr)
• Galician: ácido benzoico m
• German: Benzoesäure (de) f
• Hungarian: benzoesav (hu)
• Indonesian: asam benzoat (id)
• Irish: aigéad beansóch m, aigéad beinséancarbocsaileach m
• Italian: acido benzoico (it) m
• Japanese: 安息香酸 (ja) (ansokukōsan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: benzosyre m or f

  Nynorsk: benzosyre f

• Polish: benzoes m, kwas benzoesowy m
• Portuguese: ácido benzoico (pt) m
• Romanian: acid benzoic (ro) m
• Russian: бензо́йная кислота́ (ru) f (benzójnaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido benzoico m
• Swedish: bensoesyra (sv) c
• Turkish: benzoik asit