crotonic acid

English

Noun

crotonic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated organic acid, trans--CH₃-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.

Synonyms

• trans-2-butenoic acid
• beta-methylacrylic acid

Derived terms

• oxalocrotonic acid

 

Translations

an unsaturated organic acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴豆酸 (zh) (bādòusuān)

• Dutch: crotonzuur
• Finnish: krotonihappo
• French: acide crotonique (fr) f
• German: Crotonsäure f
• Hindi: जयपालाम्ल (jaypālāmla)
• Hungarian: krotonsav
• Italian: acido crotonico m
• Japanese: クロトン酸 (kuroton-san)
• Latvian: krotonskābe
• Polish: kwas krotonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: ácido crotônico
• Russian: крото́новая кислота́ f (krotónovaja kislotá)
• Swedish: krotonsyra