| NOUN | substance | acyl, acyl group | any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group |
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| Meaning | Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group. | |
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| 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-) |
| 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 | |
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