carbonyl

Speech parts

1. carbonyl - Noun

2. carbonyl - Adjective

Meaning

The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

carbonylic ester group amine ketone dimer acetal alcohol radical ether formaldehyde aldehyde acetone phosgene carboxyl
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Hypernyms

compound chemical compound

Phrases with the word

carbonyl-containing carbonyl diamide carbonyl stretch carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide molybdenum carbonyl nickel carbonyl

Anagrams

Clayborn

Examples

A classic application of group theory is the prediction of the number of C-O vibrations in substituted metal carbonyl complexes. Source: Internet

A monosaccharide can switch from the acyclic (open-chain) form to a cyclic form, through a nucleophilic addition reaction between the carbonyl group and one of the hydroxyls of the same molecule. Source: Internet

Addition of nucleophiles at carbonyl Esterification is a reversible reaction. Source: Internet

An additional two structural isomers are the enol tautomers of the carbonyl isomers, but these are not stable. Source: Internet

Although chemists count from the carbonyl carbon (blue numbering), biologists count from the n (ω) carbon (red numbering). Source: Internet

Carbon-sulfur compounds Important inorganic carbon sulfur compounds are the carbon sulfides carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carbonous carbontetrachloride carbonucleophile carbonyl chloride carbonyl cyanide carbonyl diamide