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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)
- (organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.
Derived terms
- carboxy-
- carboxylase
- carboxylic
Translations
carboxyl
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