nonanoicadj.
/ˌnəʊnəˈnəʊɪk/, /ˌnɒnəˈnəʊɪk/, U.S. /ˌnoʊnəˈnoʊɪk/, /ˌnɑnəˈnoʊɪk/ Chemistry.
nonanoic acid n. a liquid fatty acid, CH3 (CH2)7 COOH, used in chemical synthesis. Also called pelargonic acid.
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1938 J. Grant Hackh's Chem. Dict. (ed. 2) 582/2 Nonanoyl, pelargonyl. The radical Me(CH2)7CO— derived from nonanoic acid.
1947 K. S. Markley Fatty Acids xv. 407 Armstrong and Hilditch described a method for the disruptive oxidation of methyl oleate in acetone solution which they claim yields 80% to 90% of the theoretical amount of nonanoic acid.
1967 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 5) I. ix. 211 Nonanoic acid is obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid.
2001 Biotechnol. Lett. 23 1613 Nonanoic acid was degraded to acetic and propionic acids via β-oxidation by Ralstonia eutropha for cell growth and synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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