acyl group

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

carbonyl acyl triglyceride

Hypernyms

group radical chemical group

Hyponyms

acetyl acetyl group acetyl radical ethanoyl group ethanoyl radical foryml

Examples

an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

acyl bromide acyl chloride acyl fluoride acyl halide acyl iodide acyl radical