MetaGlossary.com: Acyl Group

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Keywords: Alkyl, Carboxyl, Rco, Carbonyl, Acetyl

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carbonyl containing group.

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any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"

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a hydrocarbon group attached to a carbon-oxygen double bond

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an alkyl group attached to a carbon-oxygen double bond

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The residual structure after the hydroxyl group has been removed from the carboxyl group of acids, i.e.

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Functional group derived from a carboxylic acid. (R represents an alkyl group, such as methyl.)

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