Definition of Butyric acid
C3H7
.
CO2H
,
an
acid
found
in
butter
;
an
oily
,
limpid
fluid
,
having
the
smell
of
rancid
butter
,
and
an
acrid
taste
,
with
a
sweetish
aftertaste
,
like
that
of
ether
.
There
are
two
metameric
butyric
acids
,
called
in
distinction
the
normal-
and
iso-butyric
acid
.
The
normal
butyric
acid
is
the
one
common
in
rancid
butter
.
See also:
Butyric
Related Words
butanoic
acid
,
hydroxybutyric
acid
,
oxybutyric
acid
,
saturated
fatty
acid
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