acetic

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One of the compounds, acetic acid, had never before been definitively observed in space ice, while the others -- ethanol, methyl formate, and acetaldehyde -- were detected in ices outside the Milky Way for the first time.

From Science Daily

Birch also cites an experiment in which lidocaine was used to relieve experimentally-induced pain from an injection of acetic acid in an octopus.

From Salon

A low-cost, tin-based catalyst can selectively convert carbon dioxide to three widely produced chemicals -- ethanol, acetic acid and formic acid.

From Science Daily

This resulted in a multi-stage cascade of enzymatic reactions that ultimately converts alcohol into acetic acid.

From Science Daily

Bacteria, colored blue, metabolize sugars and release byproducts such as lactic acid and acetic acid.

From Salon