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Carboxyl

Carboxyl Meaning & Definition
Carboxyl Definition And Meaning

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

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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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