Monocarboxylic acids

Monocarboxylic acids are chemical compounds that have only one carboxy group  (–COOH) in the molecule. Compounds with several carboxy groups are correspondingly referred to as di- or tricarboxylic acids . Monocarboxylic acids with different structures are presented under carboxylic acids . The monocarboxylic acids also include the fatty acids . A table of the shorter saturated and unsaturated (unbranched) monocarboxylic acids can be found in the article Fatty Acids .

Examples

Monocarboxylic acids can be named according to the IUPAC nomenclature by adding the syllable “acid” to the name of the associated alkane .

• Monocarboxylic acids:
  • Methanoic acid (common name formic acid)
  • Ethanoic acid (common name acetic acid)
• Aromatic monocarboxylic acids:
  • Benzoic acid

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brockhaus ABC Chemie , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1965, pp. 903-905.