having only one carboxylic acid group in the molecule
monocarboxylic in American English
(ˌmɑnəˌkɑːrbɑkˈsɪlɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
containing one carboxyl group
Word origin
[1905–10; mono- + carboxyl + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Expressionism, cadre, overcall, persona, scroungemono- is a combining form meaning “alone,” “single,” “one” (monogamy); specialized in some scientific terms to denote a monomolecular thickness (monolayer) and adapted in chemistry to apply to compounds containing one atom of a particularelement (monohydrate). Other words that use the affix mono- include: monoacid, monochromatic, monogyny, monopoly, monotype; -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 'monocarboxylic' in a sentence
monocarboxylic
Anti-lipoperoxidant activity of monocarboxylic derivatives, except acetates, decreased with increasing aliphatic chain.
Eva Vavříková, Fanny Langschwager, Lubica Jezova-Kalachova, Alena Křenková, BarboraMikulová, Marek Kuzma, Vladimír Křen, Kateřina Valentová 2016, 'Isoquercitrin Esters with Mono- or Dicarboxylic Acids: Enzymatic Preparation and Properties',International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/6/899. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Monocarboxylic acids were obtained in moderate yield (35–55%).
Huan Wang, Guirong Zhang, Yingzi Liu, Yiwen Luo, Jiaxing Lu 2007, 'Electrocarboxylation of activated olefins in ionic liquid BMIMBF4', Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248107002639. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)