acyl
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Definition of acyl
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.
“From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English acyl Ultimately from Latin ac(eō) + -yl.
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