crystalline solid used in the preparation of nylon
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adipic acid in British English
(əˈdɪpɪk)
noun
a colourless crystalline solid used in the preparation of nylon. Formula: HOOC(CH2)4COOH
Word origin
C19: from New Latin adiposus fat + -ic
adipic acid in American English
(əˈdɪpɪk)
noun
Chemistry
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C6H10O4, used chiefly in the synthesis of nylon
Also called: hexanedioic acid
Word origin
[adip- + -ic]-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'adipic acid' in a sentence
adipic acid
Both the adipate and adipic acid are located across inversion centres.
Nevzat Karadayı 2008, 'Bis(2,6-diaminopyridinium)–adipate–adipic acid–water (2/1/1/2)',Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536807055602. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Adipic acid, an abundant and nontoxic compound, was used to dissolve and cross-link chitosan.
Pouria Falamarzpour, Tayebeh Behzad, Akram Zamani 2017, 'Preparation of Nanocellulose Reinforced Chitosan Films, Cross-Linked by Adipic Acid',International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/2/396. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The packed bed latent heat storage system consists of adipic acid encapsulated in aluminum spheres.
Ashmore Mawire, Katlego Lentswe, Robert Lugolole, Denis Okello, Karidewa Nyeinga 2018, 'Thermal Stratification Performance of a Packed Bed Latent Heat Storage System duringCharging', E3S Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20186403001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It provides direct access to adipic acid and terephthalic acid, prominent monomers of commercial plastics.
Judith Becker, Martin Kuhl, Michael Kohlstedt, Sören Starck, Christoph Wittmann 2018, 'Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the production of cis, cis-muconicacid from lignin', Microbial Cell Factorieshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-018-0963-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Correspondingly p-hydroquinone, piperazine and adipic acid were used as linkers betweentheir benzene moieties.
V. K. Kibirev, T. V. Osadchuk, O. P. Kozachenko, V. Kholodovych, O. D. Fedoryak, V.S. Brovarets 2015, 'Synthesis, biological evaluation and docking of novel bisamidinohydrazones as NON-peptideinhibitors of furin', Ukrainian Biochemical Journalhttp://ukrbiochemjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Kibirev_1_15.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The organic desulfurization additives of adipic acid, citric acid, sodium citrate and benzoic acid were investigated.
Lv Lina, Gao Rui, Yang Jianbin, Shen Zhigang, Zhou Yanbo, Lu Jun 2017, 'Investigation of organic desulfurization additives affecting the calcium sulfate crystalsformation', Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterlyhttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1451-9372/2017/1451-93721600027L.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The first additive was obtained by the esterification of phthalic anhydride (adipic acid) with hydroxyethyllylated butanol.
Mazitova Aliya, Maskova Albina, Aminova Guliya 2019, 'Development of PVC films, resistant mold influence', E3S Web of Conferenceshttps://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/23/e3sconf_form2018_02040.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this section, the oxidation of cyclohexane to adipic acid (an eco-friendly and novel approach) will be discussed.
Ahmad Alshammari, V. Narayana Kalevaru, Andreas Martin 2016, 'Bimetallic Catalysts Containing Gold and Palladium for Environmentally Important Reactions',Catalystshttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/6/7/97. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The relative contents of 2,3-dihydroxybutyric acid, l-ascorbic acid and 3-hydroxy adipic acid increased significantly.
Li Jing, Wang Chengji 2019, 'GC/MS-based metabolomics strategy to analyze the effect of exercise intervention indiabetic rats', Endocrine Connectionshttps://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/8/6/EC-19-0012.xml. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel was formed by physical crosslinking poly(vinyl alcohol) with adipic acid dihydrazidesolutions.
Tithimanan Srimongkon, Shusaku Mandai, Toshiharu Enomae 2015, 'Application of Biomaterials and Inkjet Printing to Develop Bacterial Culture System',Advances in Materials Science and Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/290790. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)