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isobutyric acid

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isobutyric acid (ī'səbytēr`ĭk): see butyric acid butyric acid or butanoic acid , CH3CH2CH2CO2H, viscous, foul-smelling, liquid carboxylic acid; m.p. about −5°C;; b.p. 163.5°C;. It is miscible with water, ethanol, and ether.
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isobutyric acid [¦ī·sō·byü′tir·ik ′as·əd]
(organic chemistry)
(CH3)2CHCOOH Colorless liquid boiling at 154°C; soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; used as a chemical intermediate and disinfectant, in flavor and perfume bases, and for leather treating.


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For example, isobutyric acid and water are miscible above 26 [degrees]C, its Upper Critical Solution Temperature (UCST) and form two phase below that temperature.
Experiments later revealed that the wayward individuals had a specific anosmia to isobutyric acid.
28) for a mixture of isobutyric acid and water investigated at constant quench depth but at various shear rates, in which the rate of droplet growth was found to increase with increasing shear rate.
 
 
 
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