Of or derived from benzoin; as benzoic acid n. C7H6O2 (= C6H5.CO.OH), a monobasic acid of the Aromatic series, existing in large quantity in gum…

(see quot. 1857).

in toluic acid, C8H8O2, an aromatic acid, homologous with benzoic acid, prepared from toluene, cymene, or xylene; so toluic aldehyde, C8H7OH, tolui…

dihydroxyitaconic acid, CH2OH·C(OH)(COOH)·CH2COOH.

A white crystalline compound, acetylsalicylic acid, used esp. as an analgesic and antipyretic; with an and plural, a dose of this in tablet form…

phenylarsonic acid, a toxic, colourless, crystalline acid, C6H5AsO(OH)2, derivatives of which are used as trypanocides; a derivative of this.

any of numerous phenolic constituents of coal-tar distillates that react with dilute caustic soda to give water-soluble salts.

a crystalline acid whose tricyclic molecule is the basis of the structures of the pteroylglutamic acids (in which glutamate residues are linked to…