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... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Acetates > Fluoroacetates > Trifluoroacetic Acid
... > Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Volatile > Acetates > Fluoroacetates > Trifluoroacetic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Halogenated > Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated > Fluoroacetates > Trifluoroacetic Acid

Preferred term

Trifluoroacetic Acid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cesium Trifluoroacetate
  • Trifluoroacetate
  • Trifluoroacetate, Cesium

Scope note

  • A very strong halogenated derivative of acetic acid. It is used in acid catalyzed reactions, especially those where an ester is cleaved in peptide synthesis.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under FLUOROACETATES 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014269

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