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Oxalyl
Ox′a-lyl
,Noun.
[
Oxal
ic + -yl
.] (Chem.)
(a)
A hydrocarbon radical (
C2O2
) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it. (b)
An old name for
carbonyl
. (c)
An old name for
carboxyl
. Definition 2024
oxalyl
oxalyl
English
Noun
oxalyl (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Either the univalent or the divalent radicals derived from oxalic acid by removal of one or two hydrogen atoms