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acyl

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HYPHEN

ac=yl

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun acyl has 1 sense

acyl(n = noun.substance) acyl group - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"

has particulars: acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical, foryml

is a kind of chemical group, group, radical

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CIDE DICTIONARY

acyl, n. [Acid + -yl.].

An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl. An acyl radical can be depicted as R-CO-, where -CO- is the carbonyl group, and R is the group that characterizes the acyl moiety. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

acyl, n. Chem. the univalent radical of an organic acid.

Etymology

G (as ACID, -YL)

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