acyl (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *acyl*:
NOUN	substance	acyl, acyl group	any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

English > *acyl*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
Example	"an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Synonym	acyl group
Narrower	acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical	The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)
Narrower	foryml	(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes
Broader	group, radical, chemical group	(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
Spanish	acil, acilo, grupo acilo
Catalan	grup acil

HyperDic: acyl