Back حمض ثنائي الكربوكسيل Arabic Àcid dicarboxílic Catalan Dikarboxylová kyselina Czech Dicarbonsäuren German Ácido dicarboxílico Spanish Dihape Estonian دی کربوکسیلیک اسید Persian Dikarboksyylihapot Finnish Acide dicarboxylique French Díkarboxýlsýra Icelandic
In organic chemistry, a dicarboxylic acid is an organic compound containing two carboxyl groups (−COOH). The general molecular formula for dicarboxylic acids can be written as HO2C−R−CO2H, where R can be aliphatic or aromatic. In general, dicarboxylic acids show similar chemical behavior and reactivity to monocarboxylic acids.
Dicarboxylic acids are used in the preparation of copolymers such as polyamides and polyesters. The most widely used dicarboxylic acid in the industry is adipic acid, which is a precursor in the production of nylon. Other examples of dicarboxylic acids include aspartic acid and glutamic acid, two amino acids in the human body. The name can be abbreviated to diacid; long chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acids are known as fatty diacids.