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Carbonyl
Car′bon-yl
,Noun.
[
Carbon
+ -yl
.] (Chem.)
The radical (
=CO
), occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc. ☞ Though denoted by a formula identical with that of carbon monoxide, it is chemically distinct, as carbon seems to be divalent in carbon monoxide, but tetravalent in carbonyl compounds.
Definition 2024
Carbonyl
Carbonyl
See also: carbonyl
German
Noun
Carbonyl n (genitive Carbonyls, plural Carbonyle)
Declension
Declension of Carbonyl
Synonyms
- Karbonyl
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carbonyl
carbonyl
See also: Carbonyl
English
Noun
carbonyl (plural carbonyls)
- (organic chemistry) In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4.
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Translations
functional group -CO-
any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide
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