Carboxylic acid derivatives are compounds that feature a functional group derived from the substitution of the hydroxyl (-OH) group in carboxylic acids with other atoms or groups of atoms. They retain the carbonyl (C=O) group but differ in the atom or group attached to the acyl moiety.
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Organic compounds characterized by a carboxyl group (-COOH), which consists of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom and single-bonded to a hydroxyl group.
A type of carboxylic acid derivative where the -OH group is replaced with an amino group (-NH2), including molecules where the nitrogen atom may be part of a ring structure.
Organic compounds derived from carboxylic acids in which the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group is replaced with an alkyl or aryl group, often resulting from reactions between acids and alcohols