ACYL

 Dictionary entry overview: What does acyl mean? 

• ACYL (noun)
  The noun ACYL has 1 sense:

1. any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

  Familiarity information: ACYL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACYL (noun)

Meaning:

Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acyl; acyl group

Context example:

an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group

Hypernyms ("acyl" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acyl"):

acetyl; acetyl group; acetyl radical; ethanoyl group; ethanoyl radical (the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-))

foryml ((chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes)