ACYL GROUP
Dictionary entry overview: What does acyl group mean? • ACYL GROUP (noun)
The noun ACYL GROUP has 1 sense:
1. any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group
Familiarity information: ACYL GROUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACYL GROUP (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 group" 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 group"):
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)
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