acyl

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English

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Noun

acyl (plural acyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.
    • 2009, Richard H. Wiley, Pyrazoles and Reduced and Condensed Pyrazoles, Volume 22, page 387:
      From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).

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Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acyl. First attested in 1900.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

acyl m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) acyl (any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid)
    chlorek acyluacyl chloride

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References

  1. ^ Rozprawy Akademii Umiejętności: Wydział Matematyczno-Przyrodniczy (in Polish), 1900, page 134

Further reading

  • acyl in PWN's encyclopedia
  • acyl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego