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thioacetic acid
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thio·acetic acid
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Definition of thioacetic acid
: a pungent liquid acid CH3COSH made by heating acetic acid with phosphorus pentasulfide and used as a chemical reagent
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Origin and Etymology of thioacetic acid
thioacetic International Scientific Vocabulary thi- + acetic
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