Explanatory notes
… GENERAL This sub-Chapter covers the carboxylic acids which contain the characteristic function (–COOH), called … can be represented by the formula (RCO–) where R is an alkyl or aryl radical (methyl, ethyl, phenyl, etc.). Acyl … the hydrogen atom of the carboxyl group (–COOH) by an alkyl or aryl radical. They may be represented by the …
