Acetic acid bụ, n'ezie, ihe organic nke nwere carbon carbon. Atọm carbon ndị a anọghị na steeti oxidation ha kacha elu, ka nkezi valency ha na-eguzo na efu.
Ya mere, na ọnọdụ kwesịrị ekwesị, ọ nwere ike nweta oxidation site na ikuku oxygen, na-egosi ike ya iji gbaa ọkụ.