pyridinecarboxylic acid
Chemistry
noun
Each of three acids (picolinic, nicotinic, and isonicotinic acids) that are substituted derivatives of pyridine in which a carboxyl group occurs in place of a hydrogen atom.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.
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