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High-Purity Organic Acids

Organic Compound Names and Formulas That Start with A

Organic Compounds Starting with A

This is a list of organic compounds and their formulas whose names begin with the letter A.

Key Takeaways

  • Abietic acid is one of the many organic compounds starting with A and has the formula C20H30O2.
  • Acetaminophen, a common pain reliever, is an 'A' named compound with the formula C8H9NO2.
  • Aspartic acid is an amino acid listed under the 'A' compounds with the formula C4H7NO4.

Abietane to Acetic Acid

  • Abietane - C20H36
  • Abietic acid - C20H30O2
  • Acenaphthene - C12H10
  • Acenaphthoquinone - C12H6O2
  • Acenaphthylene - C12H8
  • Acepromazine - C19H22N2OS
  • Acetal (1,1-diethoxyethane) - C6H14O2
  • Acetaldehyde - C2H4O
  • Acetaldehyde Ammonia Trimer - C6H15N3
  • Acetamide - C2H5NO
  • Acetaminophen - C8H9NO2
  • Acetaminophen (ball and stick model) - C8H9NO2
  • Acetaminosalol - C15H13NO4
  • Acetamiprid - C10H11ClN4
  • Acetanilide - C6H5NH(COCH3)
  • Acetic acid - CH3COOH

Acetoguanamine to Acyclovir

  • Acetoguanamine - C4H7N5
  • Acetone - CH3COCH3 or (CH3)2CO
  • Acetone (space-filling model) - CH3COCH3 or (CH3)2CO
  • Acetonitrile - C2H3N
  • Acetophenone - C8H8O
  • Acetyl chloride - C2H3ClO
  • Acetylcholine - (CH3)3N+CH2CH2OCOCH3.
  • Acetylene - C2H2
  • N-Acetylglutamate - C7H11NO5
  • Acetylsalicylic Acid - C9H8O4 (also known as Aspirin)
  • Acid fuchsin - C20H17N3Na2O9S3
  • Acridine - C13H9N
  • Acridine orange - C17H19N3
  • Acrolein - C3H4O
  • Acrylamide - C3H5NO
  • Acrylic acid - C3H4O2
  • Acrylonitrile - C3H3N
  • Acryloyl chloride - C3H3ClO
  • Acyclovir - C8H11N5O3

Adamantane to Alcian Blue

  • Adamantane - C10H16
  • Adenosine - C10H13N5O4
  • Adipamide - C6H12N2O2
  • Adipic acid - C6H10O4
  • Adiponitrile - C6H8N2
  • Adipoyl dichloride - C6H8Cl2O2
  • Adonitol - C5H12O5
  • Adrenochrome - C9H9NO3
  • Epinephrine (adrenaline) - C9H13NO3
  • Aflatoxin
  • AIBN (2-2'-azobisisobutyronitrile)
  • Alanine - C3H7NO2
  • D-Alanine - C3H7NO2
  • L-Alanine - C3H7NO2
  • Albumins
  • Alcian blue - C56H58Cl14CuN16S4

Aldosterone to Amiodarone

  • Aldosterone - C21H28O5
  • Aldrin - C12H8Cl6
  • Aliquat 336 - C25H54ClN
  • Alizarin - C14H8O4
  • Allantoic acid - C4H8N4O4
  • Allantoin - C4H6N4O3
  • Allegra - C32H39NO4
  • Allethrin
  • Allyl propyl disulfide - C6H12S2
  • Allylamine - C3H7N
  • Allyl chloride - C3H5Cl
  • Amide general structure
  • Amido black 10b - C22H14N6Na2O9S2
  • p-Aminobenzoic acid (PABA) - C7H7NO2
  • Aminoethylpiperazine - C6H15N3
  • 5-Amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid - C7H7NO3
  • Aminophylline - C16H24N10O4
  • 5-Aminosalicylic acid - C7H7NO3
  • Aminothiazole - C3H4N2S
  • Amiodarone - C25H29I2NO3

Amiton to Arabinose

  • Amiton - C10H24NO3PS
  • Amobarbital - C11H18N2O3
  • Amoxicillin - C16H19N3O5S.3H2O
  • Amphetamine - C9H13N
  • Amyl nitrate - C5H11NO3
  • Amyl nitrite - C5H11NO2
  • Anandamide - C22H37NO2
  • Anethole - C10H12O
  • Angelic acid - C5H8O2
  • Anilazine - C9H5Cl3N4
  • Aniline - C6H5-NH2/C6H7N
  • Aniline hydrochloride - C6H8ClN
  • Anisaldehyde - C8H8O2
  • Anisole - C6H5OCH2
  • Anisoyl chloride - C8H7ClO2
  • Anthanthrene - C22H12
  • anthracene – (C6H4CH)2
  • Anthramine - C14H11N
  • Anthranilic acid - C7H7NO2
  • Anthraquinone - C14H8O2
  • Anthrone - C14H10O
  • Antipyrine - C11H12N2O
  • Aprotinin - C284H432N84O79S7
  • Arabinose - C5O10H5

Arginine to Avobenzone

  • Arginine - C6H14N4O2
  • D-Arginine - C6H14N4O2
  • L-Arginine - C6H14N4O2
  • Aroclor (polychlorinated biphenyls) - C12H10-xClx where x > 1
  • Arsole - C4H5As
  • Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) - C6H8O6
  • Asparagine - C4H8N2O3
  • D-Asparagine - C4H8N2O3
  • L-Asparagine - C4H8N2O3
  • Asparagusic acid - C4H6O2S2
  • Aspartame - C14H18N2O5
  • Aspartic acid - C4H7NO4
  • D-Aspartic acid - C4H7NO4
  • L-Aspartic acid - C4H7NO4
  • Aspidofractinine - C19H24N2
  • Asphidophytidine - C17H22ClN3
  • Aspidospermidine - C19H26N2
  • Astra blue - C47H52CuN14O6S3
  • Atrazine - C8H14ClN5
  • Auramine O - C8H14ClN5
  • Aureine - C18H25NO5
  • Aurin - C19H14O3
  • Avobenzone - C20H22O3

Azadirachtin to Azure A

  • Azadirachtin - C35H44O16
  • Azathioprine - C9H7N7O2S
  • Azelaic acid - C9H16O4
  • Azepane - C6H13N
  • Azinphos-methyl - C10H12N3O3PS2
  • Aziridine - C2H5N
  • Azithromycin - C38H72N2O12
  • 2-2'-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN)
  • Azo violet - C12H9N3O4
  • Azobenzene - C12H10N2
  • Azulene - C10H8
  • Azure A - C14H14ClN3S