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n. Chemistry A radical having the general formula RCO-, derived from an organic acid.

n. Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.

n. 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.

n. A name introduced by Liebermann to designate an acid radical such as acetyl, C2H3O.

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

"The preparation of pentagalloyl glucose has proved this compound to be nearly identical with tannin obtained from galls (_tannin_); a few other natural tannins belong to this type which Fischer terms acyl compounds of sugar with hydroxybenzoic acids."

chemical group    group    radical   

acetyl    acetyl radical    ethanoyl radical    ethanoyl group    acetyl group    foryml   

acyl anhydride    acyl halide    acyloxy    acylation   

alkyl    amino-acid    carbonyl    t-butyl    polymerase    electrophilic    alkoxy    monomeric    phosphoryl    peroxyl