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Carboxyl

Car-box′yl

(kär-bŏks′ĭl)
,
Noun.
[
Carbon
+
oxygen
+
-yl
.]
(Chem.)
The complex radical,
CO.OH
, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; – called also
oxatyl
.

Definition 2024


carboxyl

carboxyl

English

Noun

carboxyl (plural carboxyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.

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