valeric acid

valeric acid
Normal aliphatic acid; distilled from valerian; some of its salts are used in medicine; found in human colon. SYN: pentanoic acid.

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va·le·ric acid və-.lir-ik- also va·le·ri·an·ic acid və-.lir-ē-.an-ik- n any of four isomeric fatty acids C5H10O2 or a mixture of two or more of them:
a) a liquid normal acid that has a disagreeable odor and that is used in organic synthesis called also pentanoic acid
b) ISOVALERIC ACID
c) a liquid acid existing in three optically isomeric forms and occurring usu. in the dextrorotatory form in a few essential oils
d) PIVALIC ACID

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va·le·ric ac·id (və-lērґik) a monobasic organic acid derived from valerian, used as an intermediate in pharmaceutical manufacture.

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  • inactive valeric acid — Valeric Va*ler ic, a. (Chem.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also {inactive valeric acid}), {C4H9CO2H}, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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