Tricarboxylic acid

Tricarboxylic acid

A tricarboxylic acid is an organic carboxylic acid whose chemical structure contains three carboxyl functional groups (-COOH). The best-known example of a tricarboxylic acid is citric acid.

Examples

* Citric acid
* Isocitric acid
* Aconitic acid
* Propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid (tricarballylic acid, carballylic acid)

See also

* Citric acid cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle)
* Dicarboxylic acid


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