Tricarboxylic acid

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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.

[edit] Examples

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

[edit] See also

• Citric acid cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle)
• Dicarboxylic acid