About The Word Carboxyl
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Carboxyl
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What's The Definition Of Carboxyl?
[n] the univalent radical COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
[adj] (chemistry) relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical Synonyms | Synonyms for Carboxyl: carboxyl group | carboxylic Related Terms | Find terms related to Carboxyl: See Also | chemical group | group | radical Carboxyl In Webster's Dictionary \Car*box"yl\, n. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
The complex radical, {CO.OH}, regarded as the essential and
characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon
(as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; --
called also {oxatyl}.
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